Originally Posted By: Ginger1
Thank you Dawn, hearing you say that means a lot. I have hit a significant rough patch every year, and I just have to plow through them the best I can. I feel like I am a person who really has her sh!t together but other times, I think I might be losing it. I think they call that adulthood?


I think that is, indeed, "adulthood", Ginger. And sometimes adulthood absolutely [censored]. But, I know exactly what you mean. I feel the exact same way. Sometimes I feel like I can conquer the world and sometimes I feel like I don't know my own a$$ from a hole in the ground. Adulting........not for the faint of heart.

I get what you are saying about your situation that will never go away. I am always struck by how similar our lives are in some ways and I, too, have the XH married to his OW and it will always be right there in front of me, so to speak, since I still have a relationship with the girls. It helps that he lives 1600 miles away from me so it is not in my face all the time, but at some point, I'm pretty sure they will move back here and then I will have to see them more. UGH. I just try not to worry about it and think (or should I say hope) that there is someone WAY better out there for me.

Hang in there, lady....you are doing amazing.


Me 52, H53
Bomb drop 9/29/2014
Divorce from XH final 12/17/2014
Marriage #2 12/31/2019
5 adult (step)daughters (3 from XH's first marriage, 2 from current H's previous relationships)
6 grandkids