Yes we can all put on the happy face and cover up how we are really feeling. But two can play at that game, eh Simon?
It certainly is crazy how that midlife crisis script is so accurate. My friends husband of 25 years came downstairs the day after they'd returned from an anniversary holiday announcing he was leaving.
Turned out there was an OW almost half his age. A couple of years passed. They were supposedly gloriously happy, meanwhile my friend was on the floor. The divorce was nominally fair but he had a v high flying career, while she was a SAHM.
Fast forward 4 years. The OW was pg but had a termination at the now ex-husbands insistence. He didn't want dc mucking up his new found free lifestyle. She is desperate to have dc. The strain is beginning to show and they snipe at each other in public apparently.
The adult dc won't have anything to do with their dad and can't stand the OW.
My friend got a job in a uni, has just graduated and been promoted. Has moved house, lost weight, ran a half marathon and is seeing someone. Her dc visit all the time and they have a great time together. I visited at Xmas and they all seemed so jolly and close and doing well in their lives.
I'd never have believed in that transformation a few years ago but it's funny how things turn out sometimes isn't it OP!