You’re correct in that I need to stand for myself. Never quite thought about it that way. Maybe it’s been said by others but didn’t click.
YES
DnJ did not invent that idea but he is absolutely correct that this is the thing to do.
How you make all that look is really up to you.
One of my friends that used to post here was divorced for quite a while and I just learned the he has now remarried his ex-w. I have to say that really surprised me. So you never know how the story is going to turn out.