Well my little Easter bunny has gone back into his burrow for the duration! Nothing now for over a week, so something has spooked him.
But my youngest son just got a major scholarship - his father's MLC really set him back , but he has bounced back. I do wonder if these MLCers ever really loved us or their family. Maybe just weren't capable of it. I think they were fond of us, but the whole speech 'I love you but I am not in love with you' could never actually be uttered by anyone who had really loved.
It says to me - 'I loved you when it was convenient, when you attracted me, when all was plain sailing. now it isn't I no longer have those feelings - someone else/some way of life suits me better' Same with their children - they are fair weather parents. Real parenting is for all time. I know some MLcers do go on treating their children well, but my xh abandoned us all and for years. My youngest son nearly died at one point and he never even knew. By the time the crisis was over there seemed no point finding where he was and telling him.
But marriage and commitment isn't a suit of clothes we take off and put on another.
Perhaps it is Easter, and for many of us we contemplate the nature of love and total sacrifice, and see how far short all of us fall. Not a time to judge, but to reflect.
