The holidays you'll spend alone because the kids are with me, you can't get those back. And vice versa for me -- I won't get those back. And the kids -- they won't get two-parent memories either.
Years from now, when you've plunged yourself into another relationship thinking it'll bring you happiness; when you find yourself just as dissatisfied as you are now; when you realize contentment was always to be found within, or that happiness is really to be made, not found; you'll realize then too, that you only live once, that all of the happiness that could be been made within our marriage is gone. We can't put our family back together, you can't put our marriage back together.
Yes, you might be happier after this marriage is over. But you could also feel lonely and feel just as empty.
Yes, you do only live once.
This is such a great response and would be great to share with my WW, but you know how that would go over as pleading and pursuing. This is definately how I feel and want to tell her.
Me:39 WW: 39 Kids: 11,8,4 Married: 15 years Together 17 years PA discovered November 2016 Separated living in same house - ended 1/2017 Separated, kids in house, taking turns staying in house