Thanks for the responses. 25, to answer your questions:
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If we have children with our former spouses, we still have duties to our children to MINIMIZE the affect of the divorce on them. Tad, how do you see your efforts there?
I'm doing better here. I don't talk about it as much and I have stopped asking S18 questions when he returns from her place.
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(Off the top of my head, I can't recall a single time Tad has mentioned one thing he wishes he'd done better as a h...did I miss it Tad? Do you recall any flaws you want to work on?)
Yes, I did post these here early on.
I could have been more supportive
Showed her more affection
Worked less (I thought I was doing the right thing. Kind of hard to turn down a $600 appearance fee for 2 hours of work. I worked a lot so we could live comfortably.)
Could have made her feel important - guess I took things for granted.
I never considered myself to be judgemental, but according to her I guess I was.
I shouldn't have assumed that she knew the way I felt about her.
I know there were a lot of things that I could have done differently. I did the best I could though.
I can't get over the feeling that the best 25 years of my life were nothing but a lie. Atleast, it seems that way to me....
Tad
Currently: M 56 XW 57 Sons 38,33,31,29
The Sitch: Married 26 years EA w/ OM 9/10 Bomb 10/10 (5 weeks after 25th anniversary) Sep 12/10 She wants D 1/11 W files 5/11 D final 10/11 XW marries OM 6/13