I am here because I have a few lingering questions, when exactly will I stop “missing” my wife.
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But I do hope she feels guilt, and sorry (very unlikely) and remorse.
When you can let go of that piece. ^^^
We're on similar timelines I think and it still hurts any time that I run in to a reminder. But each time it hurts less. In my case it's easier because our paths don't cross except for her occasional interaction with S22.
I was having lunch with a good friend a few days ago and mentioned that I wished my STBX well and I actually do. I don't think of her guy as OM any more either. She's just someone I used to know - most days.
It will come in time but you still have some letting go to finish off. She was part of your life for quite a while. Someone posted to me once that when his W left him it left an empty place where she had been imprinted on his soul and it took some time for that imprint to lift up.
On BD H52, W50 T27, M26 S21, D23 BD-9-Mar-16 D-15-Jan-18 Final-19-Apr-18 I am a storyteller. The story may do you no good. But a story is never for the listener. It is always for the one who tells
