Rick, I don't think it's odd at all to be "enjoying" this time to yourself. I think in M, it's so easy to have lives that are so intertwined that it's hard to realize where one person ends and the other begins. And although this situation is a super downer.. There is a beauty in rediscovering ourselves as individuals.

As for your question about being different of you were with someone else.. Yes you would be. Different people.. Different dynamics. Maybe you would have been kinder.. Maybe not. No sense in wondering the what ifs. Because maybe you wouldn't be the father of 3 wonderful boys.. And maybe you wouldn't have the "adopted" daughter.. And maybe you wouldn't have ended up here on the boards to be the speedo wearing eggplant!!

You have been an incredibly supportive friend to many here so.. I wouldn't have my life any other way. I don't think you would either wink


Me:38.. H:33.
Two beautiful kids S:6 D:3
M:8.. together for 11.
Bomb dropped:10/17/11
Separated:11/07/11