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I have not posted in a while. Been doing a lot of soul searching and finding strength in myself. Working on my physical and mental health and I am in a better place now than ever before. My wife, the love of my life( I don't think this will ever change) moved into a new place 2 weeks ago. We had a great few months living together, working on how our new lives will intertwine. I still think she is having some sort of midlife crisis, last-ditch effort to see if she is missing something in her life. There have been too many instances where we would look at each other and we could tell there was still something there. We told our children and her parents that we are separating, and will soon divorce. Her mother thinks she has lost her mind, and is still very active in my life and not so much hers. We exchanged our rings in the place we were married and they are stored in my safe with some sand from the beach where it took place.
Our relationship has entered new phase, it is different, but similar if that makes sense. We are friendly, supportive and do things together. We still love each other, just in a different way. I have begun looking for a new relationship. I am not in a hurry, but will not resist if someone shows interest. A few months ago I would have considered this cheating, now not so much.
Thought I would share an update, there is a future for us in this, the worst situation that we never asked for. Persevere, focus on yourself and there is future.
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Hi Zoso, thanks for the update. Glad to hear things are moving along.
Not quite sure how you conflate the sense of your wife being the love of your life and moving on into a new relationship - but as you feel there is a future for you I'm not going to complain.
all the best, Lily
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Zoso, I am in the exact same boat, same timeline too. I’m don’t think I’m communicating with my spouse as well as you are, I still have a little anger about the whole thing, but the rest of what you wrote is the same. We have not told our kids though. How did that go? Did the kids stay with you or go with her? Have you retained attorneys or mediator?
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Hi Brokenheaeted,
as Zoso hasn't responded to your post yet, I thought I'd do so instead.
A famous quote from Zsa Zsa Gabor - "Dahhlink, you don't know the man you married until you divorce him."
It was just like that for me. She was right!
Nothing can prepare you for divorce but a good lawyer can help.
Naturally you hope to complete the process through a mediator, it6's an awful lot less expensive than going to court, but a good starting point is to consult with a lawyer on your own behalf. However it goes, the core of the divorce is the agreement between you and your wife. What I did was start an email process where he wrote a list of what he wanted in the separation agreement and I listed what I wanted and we went back and forth until agreement was reached. It cut through all potential uncertainty of what was and wasn't said to have it in the written word. And keeping it to nothing else - just the list, in point form - made it a lot easier to get through.
wishing you all the best, Lily