Thanks for the kind posts on my old thread. The understatement of the year is that MLC is a funny old business.

You start with a broken heart, and end up feeling sorry for the person who broke it. Strange trajectory. And in between a LOT of other emotions.

My xh (still in MLC) now wants me back in his life (having run fast and far for many years, and a champion spewer) and I don't want this any more. No crumbs from a strange persons table.

Marriage is a long dialogue and when it is broken or fails it is hard to restore. Difficult to put something else in its place.

It is possible to restore a marriage, and it is possible to have a friendship with someone post divorce, but not simply on their terms.

None of us asked for this or 'deserved' it, but we can do more than simply survive it - we can grow and prosper.