Hello,just posting for some virtual hugs!
I separated from DH 1.5 years ago, and completed divorce a couple of months ago.
The split was sudden and traumatic, but I got through the first year by writing millions of lists and focussing on achieving some financial stability (exh stole all our money), getting DS and I into a lovely safe new home and holding down my (very responsible) job.
Now that that panic is all done, I'm in a better place and the divorce is complete I feel quite flat and lonely. Christmas is really bringing it home.
I don't want my exh back - wouldn't touch him with a bargepole! But I miss sharing the festive excitement with another adult, or little things like someone else looking after ds while I go to Poundland for stocking fillers.
My family are nearby and very supportive, but If I try to tell my mum how I'm feeling she focusses so hard on 'but you're so much better off without him! You're doing so brilliantly!' I don't think she hears what I'm saying.
I struggle to talk to friends about it as the split was 1.5 years ago, so ages in their eyes!
Anyone else feeling like this? It will get better won't it?