Newbie needs help:husband left Saturday

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Well, the most comforting thing I found in the last 24 hours was reading your post, Heather (LoisB) - and yes, T-boned: Thank you, in fact, last Saturday night, I went out for dinner with a great group of my girlfriends - many friends of mine have been great sources of support. The thing is, they are all married with kids now and so there is only so much you can draw on them - in fact, I have been trying to spread my need around. And in fact, there are times when I feel I am doing well and making progress, but there is always some back-sliding. Last night was hard - it was snowing here, so I didn't want to go out and it was the perfect night to be in with family - and mine was gone, taken from me. And oddly, in the previous year or two I had really gotten to a point where I had appreciated my family above all else: Although, I admit, and this is an important point, I did not, I think, appreciate my husband specifically this way - and that was the problem. But there are good suggestions here and I am working on getting a life in even new and more ways than I had before...