Divorce because I betrayed her trust - PART 6

[DaB35]

Thanks DS.

I only thought of validating as I hadn't done it for a while to her. Yes, my thoughts exactly - what was she stressed about?

Also I thought it was weird that she mentioned there being 'pressure' - I wonder if that is a veiled message meaning that others have indeed pressured her into doing what she's chosen to do, or just that she was feeling pressure generally to get the D done quickly (?).

This would be scary for her, sorting out and arranging all this financial stuff when she would have previously relied on me to sort this all out, e.g. if we were selling the house together and moving somewhere else.

I have been practising empathy with people generally. I saw an acquaintance the the gig yesterday and he was telling me about the PhD he is doing and how difficult it was. Completely different scenario of course, but I think I listened and empathised well with what they were saying. The conversation was longer as a result so that must have meant I did something right.

Yeah with you on being coy about giving details of what I'm doing. I don't tell her what I'm doing now. Previously I would have explained why I took so long to reply etc.