LOL crouton. Love the sense of humor. Something that is mandatory when you are in sitches like ours!
Her reaction was one of forgiveness and understanding. And she thanked me for switching the laundry. When then chatted while I ate, caught up on where we each were on the projects at the old house, then prayed together and went to sleep.
We spent some time in conversation this morning (I work from home on Fridays) before she headed over to the old house to continue working.
We are both tired....and sore.......and stressed. In years past we would be snappy, passive-aggressive, and generally nasty and short with one another. We have been so much more of a team through all of this move and working on the house! It is so much better than the past.
Arshi, thanks. And I hope it helped. You're right as painful as all of this is personal growth is the opportunity. And you are so young! Even if he never comes back to the MR, you have so much life ahead of you to find true love with someone knew. Imagine being well into the 2nd half of your life and facing that prospect. Not that my sitch was scarier than yours, but at 35 (I was 36 when my wife had her first EA) if she had been a WAW I think I would have had a different perspective. Then again, I hung on for dear life then too, except that she wasn't saying she wanted out but that she wanted to work on the MR. (Sorry for the stream of consciousness nature of this rambling!)
Hongaku, thank you! You're right, the moment it came out of my mouth I wanted to take it back. That is definitely an improvement over just spouting things in the past and not caring.
M(53), W(54),D(19) M-23, T-25 Bomb Drop - Dec.23, 2017 Ring and Piecing since March 2018
