Thankyou sweetheart, and right back atcha

((((((((((((((((((Tomi)))))))))))))))))) I'm so grateful to have such a caring, intelligent, strong friend, especially now

Yeah... it wasn't only abuse, it was everything in the whole panorama of good parenting we lost as well. Protection is big for me too. My dad could have stopped the evil wrench, but did nothing. For his sake, I did my best to hide my pain from him. After 6 previous unhappy marriages, I just wanted him to be happy and felt I was too unimportant to make him be a lonely man.

Not exactly. I won't miss out at all. In order to ask the questions, I need to discover my own answers too. I get the benefit of reviewing your responses to aid both my answer and the next question. Wendy mentioned we might switch roles at certain points and I see no reason not too if you'd like. We could each experience both sides and improve our individual benefits from this.

"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but rising every time we fall." Confucius