Is OW just batsh!$ crazy?

[Maybell]

I think you're making a mistake if you don't lean on your friends during this time. It's not playing the pity card -- when I've been asked for help before BD I've never hesitated to do what I could because that's what friends do for one another. I would be hurt if I had a friend in your situation and she didn't ask for help. Like she didn't trust that I really cared about her.

I have lived in my current state only 18 months -- in fact, H started the A before I even left the west coast with our three kids -- but people have been very, very compassionate about my sitch, even when I limit what I share for my own privacy. People are better than we might believe when we've been betrayed. Part of GAL, I think, is giving yourself the opportunity to be reminded that the whole world won't treat us as our spouses did.

That said, it's really, really crappy that none of your guests's parents took the time to see that you needed the help and stuck around to give you a hand.