Fuzzybear -- thanks for your unending hugs and encouragement!

Thanks for your kind words. Regrets are tough. I have a few of my own. I know you shared yours in order to help me put my feelings in perspective. It is hard to know for sure if more talking would have made the difference. We always look at things with a different perspective when they are behind us and I think people who get depressed have a greater tendency to blame themselves. So sorry about your marriage. I think almost everyone knows a close family member who has gone through divorce. It looks tough and changes them a little bit. In the specific instances regarding family members I know who went through it, they seem to struggle with trust issues regarding the aftermath. I hope you are able to move on from it. And perhaps you played the part of the happy person because that was his expectation. Women have a way of sensing these things intuitively even if it is hard to express with words.