RLA, until you are ready to lay down your need to be right, you and H are going to chase yourselves around that drama triangle. And your next R will probably follow much of the same dynamics.

I keep coming back to read your thread because it reminds me so much of me 10-15 years ago. I think I've written this before here. So much so that I sometimes want to reach through my computer screen and shake you while screaming Stop! because I created so much pain for myself and those I love. Don't fool yourself into thinking that your kids aren't getting this on some level. Kids are very astute when it comes to emotions, especially the younger they are. They pick up on things we think we're hiding.

But I think I need to stop reading this thread, at least for awhile, because it brings back a lot of the trauma/drama of my R; my stomach is in knots right now.

I do wish you well, RLA. As I have learned, life can be so good when you get out of your own way.


Me 57/H 58
M36 S 2.5yrs R 12/13

Let me give up the need to know why things happen as they do.
I will never know and constant wondering is constant suffering.
Caroline Myss