I think you're also right that there is a lot of drama here, with the ow having young kids too.

I am a person who likes to find solutions to problems so it's taken me a while to accept that I can't fix this and have no control over the outcome. I've booked a holiday for next year and not included him. That was a difficult decision to make but I figure that if a miracle happened and things were improving, I could always add him on.

I'm also trying to take each day as it is and go with the flow rather than feeling guilty for things I may have said/done wrong yesterday or worrying about tomorrow when it hasn't even arrived yet.

He hates that I have started getting back into sport (I'm not into sport and its not me apparently) which I haven't responded to. He seems to be matching my changes too. I have pumped a lot of energy into my business and started new ideas within it. He is doing the same thing with his business.

I have taken on new challenges in sport, hiking etc. He has announced to the facebook world that he has enrolled on new sporting challenges/events next year. Is this normal? It seems to be like a game of anything you can do I can do better!

I know I'll be ok regardless of what happens. I think though I'm at the start of a very long road.

K