^ Agree^. Mine will make comments about our future together and then make another comment about how I will handle house on my own in the future (eye roll).
My little story from this past weekend. Sat morning W is laughing out loud in her bedroom. Is comfortable enough to come join me on the master bed with her iPad, playing a narrated uTube video of the children's book "Go to F to Sleep". (!) It is quite funny (look it up) and we both had good a laugh.
Later that day I was showing her the carpet I picked out for our home office. She comments "Oh, that's nice and neutral, no one buying the house would complain about that"
It hurt me for a moment, because I felt she was warming up a bit, (and I still feel she is) but I recovered much quicker than I would have in the past.
Lesson to me: Keep your eyes on The Big Picture, not the little bumps.
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As LBS's, we all had to find our happiness inside of us and our peace. I understand how fleeting it is when tied to the external rather than the internal. That's what makes me empathetic to not only my H, but a lot of the WAS out there.
^^^Agreed! I hope that our example can help lead the way for them. Another reason why finding our own life meaning, purpose and happiness is so important.
M: A really long time. Crisis: 5 years. She's still worth it.
Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose. -Viktor Frankl
