Thanks for the tough love, Amoafwl, I need to hear that! :-)

You're absolutely right, I just need to keep reminding myself not to have any expectations and just look after myself.

GAL is not doing too badly, I have been out to the cinema and met up with a couple of friends over the weekend, I try to find reasons to leave the house. I work from home, so I naturally spend a lot of time in the house, and what with it being summer holidays, the WAW is in the house a lot too working from home. I got myself a car so I am independent of the joint vehicle and can go out as I please.