Hearing the Fat Lady Sing

[ForGump]

I think the fat lady has sung for me. I'm trying to make sure that I hear her loud and clear. Because I went through a very amicable divorce, and I still have frequent contact w/ my ex due to parenting issues -- we're pretty collaborative/cooperative as of now -- I don't trust myself that I'm really hearing the fat lady sing.

Sorry if the fat lady expression is offensive to some.

The thing that I've been thinking about is this: in one of the posts in the MLC forum, I read someone's post about keeping the road back to the marriage smoothly paved. What does that mean? For my own emotional health, I'm thinking I shouldn't keep anything paved smooth; but rather I should burn all my emotional bridges so that I don't fool myself, that I clearly move on.

Would like y'all's thoughts on this.