I don't watch The Affair, but then I also don't give myself papercuts and pour lemon juice on them either. I try not to swallow broken glass as well.
Ok, ok, comedians, I will leave the subject of a show I was enjoying that I thought others may have strong feelings about.
Journaling - I saw my M and D for lunch today, and I got into a really cool convo with my Mom. My oldest brother died of cancer 28 years ago, and it hit my parents very hard (I was out of town at this time, and so it had a lesser impact on me). He was married shortly after finding out he had cancer. He went thru several years of battling the cancer, he was strong and a fighter. But when the cancer got into my brother's brain, he lost the essence of who we was.
But what hurt my siblings and my parents so hard was that my brother's W was caught with another man shortly after the brain cancer was found. My Mom asked her years later why she just didn't wait until after my brother died to start up with another relationship? And my brother's W said that she was trapped and she felt like it would never end.
So that was the question I always kicked around in my brain was why my W didn't just wait until after the divorce to date other men. My Mom's explanation was helpful for me in seeing it a different way. It was also a nice bonding moment with my Mom, as we also spoke about forgiveness thru situations like this.
