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Mimi, Sure you are IN RECOVERY!!! I'm anxiously awaiting MAINTENANCE!
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Hmm..
I'll see if I can put into words how it feels to me.
It seems like everything in life has a sort of..noise to it.
Whether a child..or a thought you had..or your feelings about something..or a book you just read..or a relationship issue..they all have a call for us to hear and to heed.
When an affair or some other trauma occurs..it seems as though the noise from THAT one thing is so loud..that it drowns and diminishes everything else.
You world gets very small. And noisy.
I would say that while there are no absolutes..for life is always fluid..a person or marriage could consider themselves/itself recoverred when the A noise has diminished to being at least no louder than anything else in life..and especially when MOST things are more central.
When you spend MORE time deciding what to watch on TV than you do thinking about affair related stuff..there's a good chance you have reached some level of being over it.
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froze,
Any time. Give Patriot a hug for me. (In a manly way of course).
noodle,
WOW. LOOOONG time no see. Or maybe we haven't crossed paths I guess. Once again, I am humbled at your words. You alway seem to be able to say what I want in 1/3 the words.
NCW
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Noodle,
Great to see you!
Thanks for your words. I need to let them soak for a while.
P.S.
Who has time for TV with all this MB drama????
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I would if there was anything worth watching.
[phooey]
Any suggestions?
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Hey NC..
I was gone for a LOONG time..too busy for words.
You remember how unhappy the whole military existence was for us as a couple?
Yet we were scared of the financial loss if we bailed?
Well, we did it..and as a result I was too busy for words for a period of several months...now that things have stabilized I have a little time to call my own again.
How are things with you [please to forgive TJ Froz]
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No problem, Noodle.
I always have room on any thread for NCWalker.
He's been a wonderful friend to both Patriot and I.
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Noodle,
I like true forensic shows.
Lots of maggots...
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noodle,
I take it you made it.
Sadly, I did not. Or perhaps not so sadly, for at times what is best for us is forced upon us.
Like I tell the others, I am harder to keep down than a rancid dairy product. So I am better and happier every day. For the one thing I have learned, I CAN choose my own happiness in any circumstance.
So I do.
Plus, I am now officially a pirate since we last talked, and that is great fun. Argggh!!!
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