You are right Job, I need to stay positive - who knows how this may pan out...
Bklyn, I love your philosophy - I will definitely tell S16 of your wise advice: "this does not have to be the end of something great but the start of something greater."
Although we don't celebrate TG in Aus, I have a lot to be thankful for:
Caring posters like you who come to my thread whenever I need support and advice, great kids and two parents still hanging on in there and willing to help me in any way they can.
Great friends, too - one has invited me over for dinner on the weekend and has also asked an old friend of ours who used to work with us but has since moved out of our circle - he's now D-ed and has a young daughter... I suspect we're being set-up, but who cares!
Another old boyfriend just emailed me out of the blue on the weekend to say he's visiting his mum for Xmas (he now lives in Peru - a gold-mine CEO, no less) and can we catch up for dinner. He's married to a Peruvian woman now, so no chance of romance there, but SO nice to get his email and excited to see him after all these years (like, 40!).
I hope you all have a wonderful TG - please know that I will be thinking of you all as good friends who have helped me through the toughest of tough times. True thanks to you all.