Thanks for those posts. I got a little teary reading them. I do want to respond but I need to get to work and I just realized something.....yesterday was my anniversary. 21 years. I was so busy with my D's and doing things with them I totally forgot what the date was! Here I was so worried about whether or not to even acknowledge the day to my W and it passed without my even being aware!
Knowing my W, she probably didn't even remember what day we were M (she would forget often over the years. I would tease her and say it was supposed to be us MEN who forget that kind of stuff, not her!) or even think about it. She's too busy thinking about herself to think of anything else. I guess it's a good sign I was able to do this, that I have a life apart from my W. How sad that you can devote 21 years to someone and have it mean so little.