I can tell you for a fact I know 3 middle age woman right now who are married, have kids and money and are miserable as fuch. I am gonna go out on a limb and say so were you 2-3 years ago.
So it has nothing to do with the marriage and family dynamic. Its your mindset. I know it's not easy to change your thoughts. I know what it's like to think about what could have been. The suffering comes from not accepting reality.
LH,
It's hard to type right now without crying. I have cried more this past week than I think I have since he left.
It was your post about not being average. About getting back up after life handed me a horrific blow and you're right about me being miserable before and it was way longer than I care to admit.
Words are no longer forming in my head so I'm going to go home and ponder this some more. I don't want to do this anymore. Ugh.