My son seems to be taking all this pretty well overall. Not too much drama for him fortunately. I'm thinking that he'd gotten so used to his dad spending so much time away from home that it's not much different for him now than it was when H lived with us.

It was a bit strange sitting there acting as if everything was fine, especially when the staff commented that they hadn't seen us for a while. H simply said something about having been busy. It was afunny how they all commented that they really like my new hairstyle - and said it with H sitting there with me, when H has said he doesn't like it at all. He also had to point out that he'd had a hair cut as well as none of them had noticed. That seemed a bit like a kid having to show off something just because one of his friends did.

The strangest thing I've noticed though is that since last Tuesday when H told me he was done working on our M, he's been a lot friendlier and lot more talkative. He's even stopped constantly texting back and forth with anyone else when I'm with him. I don't know whether it's because he feels the pressure is off or if there's more to it. Either way, I'm not reading anything into it.

One of the women I work with told me today that her H moved out last weekend - he needs some space and time to figure things out. We'd been talking about our H's for a while now and she's convinced hers is MLC. I tend to agree with her based on how he's been over the last few months - specifically since his 50th birthday. She's taking it pretty well so far and I've told her that if I can return the "shoulder to cry on or ears to vent to" favour for her, she knows where to find me. She says she now understands why I've been so reluctant to just break things off with my H and been so willing to try and work things out - although as far as she knows there is no OW in her sitch.


Both 50
S14
M 16 yrs (his 3rd; my 1st)

ILYBINILWY - 24 Dec 2012
H moved out - 27 Jun 2013
Legally separated - 6 Sep 2013
Closing the door and changing the locks