Pink...sending you some good will on a day that represents the worst of the pain you've endured.
Of all the things you've done right, standing by your M is the best.
I don't know about you, but I've had many, many people share with me that they were divorced when they find out my status. When they do the first thing I ask, and I am not shy about it, is this: "Who walked?"
Guess what? Those people that get uncomfortable, try to complicate the issue and murk those waters, avoid the question...I wish them well. I can still work with them, do business with them, etc...but they aren't going to have a home in my emotional support group.
But there are also a few that can look me in the eye and admit that while they had fault in the M, it was never their decision, and it was a hard loss to accept. And that while they grew, and their life is better now, they didn't think the D was necessary to achieve those ends, and they will always consider that a tragedy.
Pink...I congratulate you on being a person that can respond that way to whomever asks for the rest of your life.
Me:38 XW:38 T:11 years M:8 years Kids: S14, D11, D7 BD/Move out day: 6/17/14, D final Dec 15