... and you work with XW too? Sorry, that must be difficult.
Do you think you've built up some expectations? You were going to do the activities anyways and it was very generous to invite XW, but you couldn't be disappointed if you didn't have expectations to some degree. Obviously it's hard not to have hope but I guess the only thing to do is check your expectations at the door and continue with your best life. Like going to concerts!
I totally understand why it's depressing. It's still a shock to me when I discover H's activities he enjoys are still syncing with mine, because the obvious conclusion is - why aren't we doing this together?
I posted a question for you on my thread but maybe would be better here - you've admitted to over working in the past, do you feel you (unintentionally) chose your work over your family in past? And if your working too much in the past was an issue for XW, seems like it may not be productive to talk to her about work stress? Would that be same as before?
