You could not get off work. End of issue. You would have liked to have been there but it is no biggie. Let Ws comments slide off you without affecting you. Validate if you can or simply say yes it is true you missed many opportunities before. DO NOT apologize again. Repeatedly apologies are weak and another one will not be more effective than the previous.

You are right to not focus on the past. You have changed . Live that change.And don't get dragged back into defending yourself against comments about past behaviour.

Glad you had a good time with kids


R 25 years
M 14 years
S11 & S13
Working on it alone since Oct 2014
M in trouble a lot earlier (~2 years)
Feb 2016. 1st R chat in a yr.
Next R chat Aug'17
Still together