A little but probably long backstory…
I am a married mum, I have a teenager who I had prior to this relationship and then the little ones with my husband. I’ve been with my husband for 10 years and the past 5 have been completely like living with a friend rather than a relationship. We just got complacent I guess, a sleep depriving toddler led to separate beds and we never went back.
I have tried everything to try and add the sparkle back to the relationship and unfortunately it has been unsuccessful. Things really took a bad turn in lockdown 1 and never bounced back. We have both emotionally checked out.
About 6 weeks ago, we decided to separate due to lots of factors and agreed to live together until one of us could find suitable accommodation and we live completely separate lives taking turns to care for the children.
My eldest child’s father has been absent for the past 10 years after a messy court battle and he thought it would be best to let me move on with my life and stay out of our child’s life to cause minimal disruption.
To my shock, the father got in touch 3 weeks ago and wanted to become involved with my teenager, this is being done through all of the proper channels with professionals involved to make sure the situation is not too overwhelming for my teenager.
As the father and I cut contact abruptly, there were a lot of unanswered questions and we began to speak back and forth to catch up on the last 10 years I guess.
What I didn’t realise is the surpressed feelings I once had would come back out. This was mutual on both parts, we had both recently come out of unhappy relationships and found comfort in one another and realised that despite the hell we had once been through, we actually got on so well.
Obviously, given the fact my marriage has just ended - this isn’t an overnight thing - I know I cannot jump into a new relationship. I keep trying to ‘end things’ almost as a subconscious way to protect myself from being hurt but then pine for him when we don’t speak.
It is the most intense whirlwind that I’ve ever been in, and the emotional attachment is ridiculously strong. All I do is think about what life could be like with this person.