Things that you didn't realise you'd miss

I miss....
I miss having to do all the housework for 2 people, cos he did none (or cooking, or DIY, or gardening, or anything else constructive).
I miss all the verbal abuse I took when he was drunk.
I miss all his selfishness.
I miss his psycho family.

I miss them all in such a very good way and have replaced them with happiness.

I also have a beautiful ring that I chose and that I don't wear. Its so worth the sacrifice for what I've got now instead.

He is now nasty and vindictive but the only thing I miss is the fact that he is not the same person I was with for the last 30 years.
Where is that person? Where is that person, has he gone forever?

I miss being part of a couple and I miss the affection that was always there in our relationship up until those last few weeks before I found out about his affair.

I miss my rings, too, finger feels bare without them. Will be selling them soon, and have already replaced with a ring for the middle finger of my left hand (never wore rings otherwise in the past) and it helps...

I miss my engagement ring, as during the initial time we decided to seperate, I (I know my own fault) threw it at him, it landed by a plantpot in my hall, I then went out to work, there were three of us in the house that day, myself, my husband and my step daughter, when I came back from work what a suprise to find my engagement ring gone. I have had the house upside down and still not come across it. I know I do not have it, my husband claims not to have it, so I am now resigned to the fact that it has gone forever, someone knows where it is and it is not me. LIke I say my own stupid fault, but pretty bloody annoying at the same time. But he ho, it was only a piece of metal and a stone. Know how you feel, I feel like I have left the hosue not wearing a bra, since I did it. !!!!!!!!!!!!

Looking back at the good that could have been, being turned to the bad that it became, hurts too much & it will only make me miss the way it should have & could have been.

Filling my future with the things my past should have had, seems like quite a positive option

I miss him. I miss his face. I miss the presence of him just somewhere nearby, a touch away.
Him arriving home from work, hearing his car and seeing him walking into the garden;my heart could still leap after 21 years. I miss his laughter and the sharp, funny things he could think up in an instant; I miss the warmth of him; and the shape of him next to me. I miss the sharing and caring; I miss the holidays, the walks, the meals for family birthdays;

I do not miss the pain of betrayal and the look in his dark eyes when he told me he had found love elsewhere.

thats exactly how i feel. I was married for 28 years and the sad thing is that the man i loved and gave so much of my life and love too isnt the same person. That person is gone and hes never coming back. There is absolutely no resemblence of the person i once knew. He became a total stranger, cold and distant. I am glad that i now have the opportunity to embrace a new life and i am a much better person for making the decision to leave. A new year horoscope said it all. " 2009 is gone, 2010 is here and it wants to be your friend" It was so bizarre it could have been written for me alone. It is on my fridge and when im down i read it and it gives me strength. My divorce will be through soon and i intend to make the most of my life. Its been a long struggle but im nearly there.