Sorry to find you are still here and still completely stuck in the shell of an M. I couldn't really find anything more to say than what Oldtimer has said to you and she has put it very well.
You sound "spent" - would that be accurate?
OG-Lou said: "At times it seems like everyone else wants something from me" This is exactly the kind of thing my H has said to me, why can't they realise that we would pay them back 10-fold if only they would send a little love and affection our way. It is an investment and a very good one at that.
take care LL, keep posting.
Fran
if we can be sufficient to ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs Erica Jong