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I removed my wedding band today. More

I removed my wedding band today.

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  • When Theresa kicked me out, I thought my world was over. I know it doesn't feel like it now, but this too shall pass. I know that is cold, cold comfort right now. You are correct in thinking that ONLY you can really understand what you are going through right now. I'm here if you want to talk to a neutral third party with experience in what you're going through.

    vladinator at gmail dot com

    • Removing the ring is a symbolic gesture. Maybe you could put it back on when you're cleaning the toilet, as a reminder that, while you might sometimes feel a bit lonely, things can always be worse. You know, as symbolic gesture.

      Fortunately, that "hollowed-out" feeling you get in times like this does pass.

      Next, stop by pof.com, because there ARE plenty of fish out there :-) It's good for the morale, even if you don't act on it. Just be careful screening people, or you could end up like one guy who en

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    by nizo ( 81281 ) *

    Selling it. In my case, to buy a nice necklace for my oldest daughter and to pay for a good meal (which ironically, my ex wife was at, but that is another story).

  • man things are different and weird. Don't like new interface compared to multiply, but I can't remember old /. interface so I can't compare with that.

    Anyway, I just ended a relationship that I thought had a future. Obviously not the same as ending a marriage, but I bring it up to show the importance of symbolic gestures.

    There's a period of adjustment after a breakup where you try to figure out if you're better off in the relationship or out of it. When you get lonely or miss something that your form
  • I put in a little drawer, and haven't looked at it since. It might just be a circle of metal, but the symbolism and emotion within it are still too strong to look at. I wish you well, and no how difficult a time this is for you. Hang in there, and I know that counseling greatly helped me.

    I realize I'm 10,000 miles away and have never met you in person, let alone your wife, but it really sounds like your wife has bi-polar, and not depression. That means that anti-depressants would throw her into manic
    • It's pretty much clear it's over anyway. Put the ring on my nightstand, and contemplate my life in shambles.
      • It does get better. Not necessarily easier, but your life will get better. You'll pick up the pieces, and come around. It does take time, and Lord knows I'm nowhere near close to finishing my own difficulties, but I can tell you that overall it gets better with time.

        Keep hanging in there.

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