j3b...you got me sitting here at my kitchen table, blubbering like a fool....
i wish i had better words to try and say this....the support and encouragement and BELIEF in me that you give me....i cannot express how truly and deeply grateful i am...how blessed i feel that you are in my life.
:-)
I want you to be happy, unlike the people who tell you to move on? I want you to give it your best shot first; then give it your next best shot and then your third. If you decide not to be married, I want you to never regret that choice.
this is what got me blubbering. thank you. you help encourage me to keep going for what I believe in and not let the passing emotions determine my path.
It might not be your husband, but you have raised the bar on who you let into your life. It very well could be your husband. If it is your husband, it is tough on a whole different level. : ) It's not milk and honey. That is when trust issues get to be dealt with, because he actually did hurt or break your trust.
i guess either way, the bar has been raised. Hadn't thought about that before in that way. For the past several days (or maybe even weeks now) i can see how if we get to appoint where real trust is addressed again, it will be tough...for both of us actually. i guess its the commitment that would pull a couple through that...
You also made a vow, so do your best to live up to that vow, for you and your kids...and; guess what? Him.
yes i see that...especially the him part, no matter how weird that sounds given the sitch. i understand what you mean. when i think about it, right now, the vows are what i am committed to. The M is in shambles, but the vows are clear. And i believe in them.
A question I asked myself in the middle of all of this:
"Would she give up on me?"
It kept me going.
Well.....when i first read this i thought 'he did give up on me!' but....its not the same is it? if he had seen me as in need, lost, confused, needing my own journey as i see him right now...if he was where i have gotten to right now, and i was where he was right now? i would like to think he wouldn't have given up on me. its because of where i am that i am not ready to give up on him.
j3b, one day, i would love to buy you a drink...heck, i would buy you a bar and name it after you if i could!
The doldrums of DBing...
and this...as soon as i read it, i realized that indeed i am in a process. :-)
Thank you j3b ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( j3b ))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
TPS Me: 44 H: 42 M14 T17 S10 D7 10/10 H moves out after death of his father-same month 21/04/12 H is 'DONE' 04/05/12 OW/PA confirmed (rumors from 2010) July '14 H ends affair May '15 H moves back home