Newby here, desperate for some advice (thread 5)

[JRuss]

Thanks to both of you -- I really appreciate you stopping by. I am definitely looking forward to the trip with the kids. Hopefully the weather is good. They should have a blast.

Re the sitch, I'm getting pretty discouraged in all honesty. I'm still committed to GALing, 180s, etc., but it is hard not to notice that all of the momentum seems to be toward continued, intensifying distance between us. I really continue to struggle, as I always have, with detaching. As both of you know, it's hard to do when you live under the same roof. I have IC tomorrow, and hopefully that will help my outlook -- it usually does.

I hope you both are able to get some peace in your lives -- I really think sometimes my mind might snap under all of this stress, and I shudder to think what might be happening on the genes/chromosomal level given how long we've all been under this reign of relationship terror.

To better days for all of us!