There is hope! This week has been very up and down, saw counsellor on Wednesday and talked through the whole situation, which was very difficult, and upset me no end. Cried a lot afterwards, and drank too much too, which didn't help my state of mind. Felt awful on Thursday, and had upset stomach so phoned in sick, and spent the day lounging aound the house.

I realised that it's just a house, it's bricks and mortar, and now that he's gone, it doesn't mean anything anymore. The children and I could be happy in any other house, and hopefully we will be in the future.

My dad works in Saudi, and

He had until 4pm today to reply to my offers.  Two offers, one open offer and one without prejudice.  He's abroad and his solicitor says they can't contact him?  I left a phone message on his ansaphone asking him to phone them, and he has apparently spoken to his Mum.  She said to me that he said "That's a very generous offer".  As I haven't heard anything, I can only think that maybe he was being flippant and actually said (sarcastic)"That's very generous of her!"  As the offer was only practical, not in any way to be described as generous.

 So we go to court on Wednesday.  Something I have

To Mr Blogman and all you wonderful wiki peeps, I joined this site nearly four months ago and today had a look at some of the posts that I did in the very early days.  It mad me cry, not because i`m particually sad but because when new people first start posting its so much how I felt in the early days and how everyone else must have felt.  The hurt, the pain, the true realisation that the marriage/relationship is over.

Without this site I really don`t think I would have survived this far.  I feel much stronger now, still have those sad days but I certainly feel a lot better than I did four