H is vocally obsessed with age lately: noticing who looks old and who doesn't, etc. Hard not to start to feel insecure with all the obsessing.
Obsessing over physical looks and aging is one of the common themes for them. They have to work through it for themselves... I think in time, most do.
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It's one of the many cases where I wish I could unhear the comments.
I know firsthand what you speak of! We all have heard those hurtful things. Remind yourself that the comments are coming from a place of true pain, but are not true! You were, and still are, a beautiful and loving wife!
M: A really long time. Crisis: 5 years. She's still worth it.
Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose. -Viktor Frankl