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Yes!

This is one of the thread posts I have cut and pasted and kept for inspiration in a notebook. It is one that brings me a lot of personal peace when read! Thanks for bringing it back to the site and bumping it up!







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Bumping some encouraging words for the newbies.....

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I really liked this post. I want to be the lighthouse.

How do you accomplish this if your wayward is not doing his part with the D and failing financially.

What do I do...be silent and be the lighthouse or protect my DD and have XH be responsible to his family.

He fits this writeup but how can I shine the light and not keep LBing because of finances.


Me 55, XWH 53, M 22 years
D17, D30
alien replaces my husband "I'm not happy" -7/08
Discover OW-8/08 (his direct report and I work there also)
H moves out 10/1/08, confront Ow 10/28/08
Plan B 1/09
D final 12/09

Quote: "First thing you do is pray; when there is nothing else to do, continue to pray."
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I really like that. Thanks for sharing. I have just put a picture of the Cape Hatteras as my desktop wallpaper as a reminder.


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2 Kids - DS-13 and DD-10
WH is still foggy, working on Plan A
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I really like this..thanks for bumping up!

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I really like this..thanks for bumping up!


It's a good'n ... itn it hurray


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Love the concept of the lighthouse.

But I'm still so torn up by what my WW has done. Sometimes I want to turn the light off and watch her sink.

Sometimes, maybe even most of the time, I feel that the only thing keeping me going is my kids.


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ILYBNILWY: 8/09
DDAY: 8/31/09
Two boys: 8,7
Divorced 3/23/2011

Don't let your eyes refuse to see. Don't let your ears refuse to hear. Or you ain't never gonna shake this sense of sadness. --Ray Lamontagne
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BumpIng for newbies.....

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Originally Posted by believer
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Well I read this a long time ago. I tried to be the lighthouse, and WH noticed. But in trying to be a lighthouse for him, I got my life in order.

He is still gone, but the lighthouse is shining for others - my family, friends, neighbors, and folks here at MB.

Bumping for the forum newbies.

I really appreciate Believer's reply.

Her lighthouse still shines, no matter what!

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^^^^^bumping for Mark^^^^^^^

Read and apply

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I was reading different stories and came across this.... BUMP smile


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D-Day #1 5-26-2006 (Our Wedding Aniversary)
D-Day #2 12-26-2007
D-Day #3 5-11-2008
Separated 1-5-2008
STBX filed for divorce March 2009
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