Val, I think you might want to sit with this for a while longer.
From what you say it seems there's dissonance in you, that's all yours.
I read back over your last several posts and maybe the dissonance was because you were having this internal dialogue that you transcribed, with a lot of you weighing pros and cons.
What is your boundary, stated succinctly?
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