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[gunny]

Hello everyone, hope all is well with everyone on the board. Have been checking out everyones posts, seems like a lot of us are slowing down on our entries, could be the mid winter doldrums.

Update on my sitch. Had two pretty pleasant interactions with my w via email last week, talking about things in general, taxes, our dog, the winter weather, etc. She let me know that she had rented a house next door to her sister, and that she liked having a house. We had spent our whole marriage living in a condo, less maintenance, etc.

The tone of her messages were more friendly than they have been since she left. I think she is feeling pretty good about life, she has a new job, new house, possibly new boyfriend, etc.

I have been very upbeat lately, but have had some very slight anxiety over the last two weeks, I am preparing to move to a smaller, less expensive place and have been going through all of our things(she left the bulk of her belongings behind, cheaper than renting a uhaul. I have had to face old memories, looking at items that we got throughout our whole marriage, little trinkets, dodad, etc. Furniture, bed, dishes, etc that I will have no room for and she said she no longer wanted. Only one way to describe it, sad, sad, sad.

I dont begrude her wanting to be happy, its just that I