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			i guess i should update this.  i look forward to asking UT to lock this thread in the near future.  not yet, but soon. 
 
we have agreed on 99.9% of everything that goes into the decree so I will have my attorney draft that all up this week.   
 
life is weird, because i still do not want a divorce, still don't believe that our marriage is unfixable (if 2 people just decide they want to), but i have gotten my mind wrapped around the concept of being divorced.  things get better day by day, well mostly - 3 steps forward, 1 step back and all that jazz. 
 
life is even more weird because our interactions are more like a couple in the fairly early stages of serious dating rather than the tail end of a divorce.  she has, at different times, stated that she still loves me, doesn't really want a divorce, knows that this is a mistake... but "if we don't do this now, it'll just happen some other time." 
 
in the end i've come to the realization that the woman i've loved - and still do love - is in there somewhere, but she is choosing to be someone different for some unknown reason.  i don't much care for the new person.  i wouldn't marry the new person if given the choice so i'm done fighting for a marriage to this new person.  it sucks, but that's life. 
 
i close on the new house 5/15.  certainly not anything approaching my dream home, or even my current home, but at only 50% the price it is a fair value and it will get me through a year or two.   friday i went and bought an entire household of new furniture.  expensive.  but good therapy.  bringing in the new stuff. 
 
that's about it folks.  thanks for your continued encouragement.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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