She sounds absolutely wonderful Wisey, a credit to you, too right you're proud of her - I'm proud of her and I've never met the sweetie.
"There's no spring in his step anymore". Course there isn't. I really think these men in the throes of their "midlife crisis" think they are invincible. They underestimate the guilt they will suffer, and the massive dent to their inflated self image of themselves. They look in the mirror and no longer see a man who has it all - just a man who's pretending to have it all - only the people who matter can see the truth - and they hate that more than anything.
Eldest daughter got her dad to pick her up from a party late last night, cos it was raining, and cabs were short, and why should her mum fork out for a cab anyway...like I said, she sees him as a walking cashpoint/taxi.
She was talking about him this morning, said he seemed really unhappy and sad all the time, and that when she asked him if he was ok, he said, "trying to get on with everything, it's been a struggle, and some days I don't cope very well, and I really miss you". So I guess he hasn't got much of a spring in his step either. I said to her that it's strange that he wanted out and seems miserable, and I did everything to make it work, right until the final straw, yet I'm happier than I have been in years. She said, "but mum, you haven't got any guilt to carry around, you did everything you could, and we know that, and most of all, dad knows that". So another teenage daughter wise for her years....
Did you dent the credit card today? What have you been upto?