D graduated from HS. Will be heading off to college this fall. Exciting, scary and sad all at the same time! Interesting the range of emotions. My dad, at her ceremony, asked me if I was going to cry. (Men in our family tend to not cry very often.) I said "No. I would have cried if she hadn't graduated!"
Part of the issue is that I think back to when things were not going well in my MR. I would look ahead to the summer-fall of 2021 as when I was going to pull the plug since my D was 18. A common (from talking to other people that are unhappy in their MR) plan that some actually end up following through on. Of course, it has been years since I've thought like that and now could never imagine even considering that.
Luckily we've saved a decent amount to fund college for her, so we are good there. So now my thoughts are turning to retirement! I've always wanted to retire early, so we will see. I am probably a good 3-4 years away from being able to retire and have investments whose growth will outpace spending for the rest of my life (using 100 yo as the calculation!) So we will see how it goes.
I've been thinking a lot about folks going through post-BD limbo and continue to empathize with their plight. I'd love to see activity on the forum pick up. I really enjoy sharing my experience with others, and hopefully helping them in the process. So I miss the forum having more active posters with active sitches to help. Have had a couple of friends go through it in the last couple of years so I've been trying to help them as well. Of all of the "experts" I studied so thoroughly over the years, MWD has the best formula for dealing with and moving forward from BD and the aftermath!
Last edited by SteveLW; 06/15/2101:45 PM.
M(53), W(54),D(19) M-23, T-25 Bomb Drop - Dec.23, 2017 Ring and Piecing since March 2018
