My divorce is final a week from today. STBXW has become a person that I'd rather not know-- and doesn't accept her part of why our marriage ended. Like you, I've also met someone else who I love and who loves me.

Also like you, I'm still sad about what's coming. It makes me feel like a failure, I mourn that my daughter will not get to have the family that she deserves, and it hurts that those plans for the future we had will never be realized.

If we didn't feel that way, I don't think we'd be human. Mourn what was, but don't let it kill what is, and what could be. Build the future that's best for you, and don't look back. That's all you can do at this point.


Just keep swimming