Reading your post could not have come at a better time!
I am only learning how difficult just R is much less piecing. It's a lot, especially after one feels they just got off the OW marathon and then you find yourself suiting up for another one --- with no break. This is just hard stuff, adulting on steroids, all in addition to just keeping "life" move forward (kids, work, schedules, et al). Your advice is timely because I feel like I am standing at a cross roads of two options, start the marathon or throw in the towel. Since I keep faltering on which way to go - I am defaulting and letting H's actions carry me and dictate the pace and ferocity of this upcoming marathon (he is all in for M2.0).
All this past week I have been wondering if I could ever again be "all that and a bag of chips" to my H, just like you mentioned. You have given me hope that it is possible - thank you. Your a good man Steve! thank you for sharing your journey with us - I truly have learned alot from you and your experiences.
M:50 H:49 D:16 S:13 M:23 T:25 BD: Feb 25th 2020 EA/PA: Dec 2019 - June 11, 2020 Behind every broken woman is a broken man...