What a great update EZ!!! So glad to hear how well you are doing and that you are finding your happy beginning after the mess is over. It is crazy how people get so caught up in the battle of divorce and then drag their spouses along with them who have no choice but to defend themselves. I am grateful for my XH in that respect who did his best to minimize that. Even though it was probably for mostly selfish reasons, at the end of the day my lawyer bill was $1,200 so I consider myself extremely lucky in that regard. My legal fees for buying him out of our house were more. Anyway...your update is a great reminder to the LBSs on here who are just starting out on their journey that things DO get better with time, patience and effort. The bottom line is that all of us want to have a significant other in our lives but we don’t NEED it. We are enough just on our own. Much luck with this next phase of your life!!! (((HUGS)))