Some more thoughts ... (trying to avoid the study/essay maybe?) LOL
All we can do in this life is learn, then re-learn, then continue on in this vein. In this process, our minds are changed (some slowly, some fast), we sometimes manage to drag ourselves figuratively kicking and screaming away from toxic, addictive relationships, diving into new ideas and flipping through the pages of different realities. Life is weird, yet wonderful, isn't it? We feel the pain, and move through it (those of us who have given birth, know this) ... gotta give birth to that new life ... can't put the old life back.
One thing I do know for sure is that we don't get out of this life alive, and I'll be d#mned if I'm lying on my death bed, still pining for my H. No. Freaking. Way. He abandoned me a long time ago ... now I abandon him in my heart and mind. I've been trying to do this for 7 years ... restore or end.
End it is. His choice, and now mine.
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