I got this email from STBXH (he left on Sunday afternoon, and I got this at about 6pm today):
"I am still amongst the living. I had to get up early for a conference call and once again things have turned to s**t in Brazil, so I could not get out till later. The traffic was terrible today and the bike unstable with the load, so I turned back. Looked at some apartments in R but it's pricey so I came to V. Just looked at a complex near the airport and it is more affordable. Found a short term place in M for now.
Hope you had a good day"
I replied (showing him a positive outlook, that I really am not too worried about where he is, or what he's doing, and that is true at last):
"Nice to know you're amongst the living. M is nice. I had a very good day, thanks. Tomorrow, D19 and I start classes.
Just in case you didn't notice, we got a really good review on the condo. Yay (name of reviewer)!"
The condo will still be partly mine/his. We rent it out to short term businessmen. This was meant to be the first in several as we go into retirement because we don't have enough pension saved. Ah well!
To give y'all an idea of where he is .... he was supposed to go to C, 12 hours away (including a ferry trip of 1.5 hours), with his motorbike. He ended up in M, not even 2 hours away, and back on the island (which included a 2 hour ferry trip going further south). Weird, but not my problem anymore ... or, my business, as he has stated on more than one occasion. Yet, there he is, trying to pull me into his stuff. So, as y'all can see ... did not mention his job sitch. This, by the way, is more info he has given me about what's going on in his life, in a long, long time. I don't know if he's still in MLC, or if this is just his personality, or he just doesn't love me, but he sure doesn't let go easily. He doesn't even mention any of the children. Perhaps, he's in contact with them directly ... I hope so.
Me:57 H:52 M:28 Got another lawyer last year and filed. D35,S/D twins28,D22 EA4/04 End? Who knows? "Life is like a mirror. Smile at it and it smiles back at you." — Peace Pilgrim