Was really struggling this past week. Maybe it's because I stopped taking my Omega-3 'Mood' supplements a few weeks ago? Anyway, when this board was down a few days ago, I almost flipped out -- I needed so much to read and not feel so alone in this mess. So, I am very glad it's back, at least for the moment. Have gotten so much inspiration from Nitty, Mighty, Atsbaby, Georgiabelle, and many others. Some of your recent posts are helping to prepare me for what's to come - mediation. So far, we have each signed the mediation agreement, but no appointment has been set up. Neither one of us has taken that step, and neither has paid the mediator the retainer fee yet.
Honestly, every time I think about sitting in a room with H and the mediator, discussing how we are going to divorce each other, I start feeling panicky, like this can't possibly be happening. He was supposed to love me forever - and he was the one who made a BIG deal a few months ago about the fact that he did not remember me EVER saying to him that I'd love him forever. This, by the way, is absolutely false. I actually found hard, physical evidence at our vacation home, on a card I had given him a few years ago (we always saved all our cards) - I had actually written in it the word 'forever.' So I took out a pen and underlined the word, and put the card back in his drawer where he is sure to find it once he starts cleaning things out and packing them up when we sell the house! So there it was in black and white.
In recent days I've gone from angry to sad to hopeful to hopeless to indifferent, and everything in between. This is SO not fun. The times I am feeling a little more 'up' are when I am driving around looking at homes that are for sale in my price range. I find I CAN afford what I want, it might just take a little time to find the right one. But, for the moment, I cannot do anything. Vacation home has to sell before I can make any move. But, keeping up to date on the current real estate market is keeping me occupied, and looking forward, not backward.
Good friends are helping me through this, as is this board. I am alone alot right now, but I feel like that is somehow an 'instruction' to keep looking inward and working on me. Keep sharing your stories everyone. You never know when you're helping someone else...
Me 53, XH 57 M 20 (+1.5) years, no kids BD June '13 H moved out July '13 Confirmed long-suspected PA Feb '14 H filed for D Nov. '14 D March '15