I guess what I'm trying to say is that the knowing that they still love us inside is as bad as it is good. It keeps us from totally giving up on them but at the same time we can never be sure if they can ever allow themselves to feel that love for us again. If they can't, all it has done is hold us back from moving forward in our lives.
Good post, Matt.
I wanted to comment on the part I bolded. We should be doing everything we want to do in life. Enjoying every day and following our dreams. Our spouses cannot hold us back from moving forward unless we allow them to.
Yeah, they pulled the rug out from under us and handed us a raw deal. But it's still up to us how we let it affect us, and what we do with it.
Sometimes, I even think this whole MLC trip is kinda exciting. Nothing boring about it, that's for sure!
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