Tad,
The reason that you aren't seeing some posters post is because they may have changed their names. Also, some of the other posters have moved on w/their lives and they will eventually return to post updates.

I want to hear about you for a change and what you and your sons are doing. There has to be something going in your life even if it's walking to the mailbox, reading a new book or trying out a new recipe.

I'm going to rattle your cage because I have seen two Tads and I want to know which one you really are. I see the lost and confused Tad that posts here and I've also seen a different Tad that just recently had a book published entitled "Navigating Your Spouse's Midlife Crisis...A Trip To Hell and Back". So, which one are you? The writer comes across as being calm and very collected and has his head out of his @ss and has pretty much gotten himself together. The Tad that's posting here is constantly feeling sorry for himself and appears to be having a pity party today...so which one are you?

I suggest you go back and re-read the book you have out on the market because the man that wrote that book speaks w/authority and confidence has it together.

I'm sorry I have rattled your cage, but someone has to shake you up a bit and I guess that has to be me today.

Sit quietly, the answers will reveal themselves when you least expect them to.
The past is gone, the present is a gift and you need to focus on today, allow the future to reveal itself when it is ready.