My goodbye
I sit here today after waiting for almost 9 long months to hear something….to see something….to feel in my heart that you got my back. I realize that waiting any longer will do more harm than good and rather than hope my wife will come back and try to save this marriage, it is time for me realize that these last 9 months are a result of the person you have become. You look like my wife, you sound like my wife….but something changed drastically and while I might not know exactly what I want my future relationships, I now know with crystal clarity what I do not want. And unfortunately for reasons that I still cannot believe, you leave me no choice but to say goodbye.
Goodbye to our home together. We bought over 6 years ago in hopes we could make it our own. We did….it was quiet, boring but it was ours and ours alone. While me and the kids still call it home it will never be complete the way is was a short time ago
Goodbye to the times of just you and I. The kids are my life now and I would not change anything, but there was a time when it was just me and you. Doing whatever we wanted together. We travelled, laughed, pondered, and wondered. We had a certain playfulness and “lets just have fun together” attitude that I will never have again. I will always remember staying up until the sun came up in the morning when we first me, eating gummy worms talking about I have no idea what.....We were kids and life was easy back then.
Goodbye to watching movies with you on the couch, or the bed, or the floor. I watched amazing Race last night and it was not the same without you.
Goodbye to our winter trips together. I was hoping for more with just you and I but it is not to be.
Goodbye to our family vacations and trips
Goodbye to your cooking. I know you wished your food tasted more like your moms, but the truth is nobody can ever cook as good as their moms. And I loved your food. I still miss bbq pizza with carmelized onions.
Goodbye to our new beginning. We had plans to move closer to town for the kids. I was looking forward to it and well……now our new beginnings are out of terrible circumstances.
Goodbye to our walks around town…goodbye to hearing you downstairs kicking ass and taking your workouts to the next level. Thanks again for that….I have taken over downstairs and JNL is now a big part of my life as it should be.
Goodbye to innocence. I always believed our family would be spared from the turmoil that has come over us. I thought our own little family bubble would withstand anything that would stand in front of us.
Goodbye to my love for you. My definition of love is putting someone else before yourself. I did love you. I loved you from the start. I loved you right to the end. I wanted to make you happy and secure. I guess even before this all blew up in our face I was not living up to what I now realize you needed. You did not feel loved but rest assured….it was love right to the end. I gave up my emotional self, my happiness, my goals, and my morals to try to save you……I did love you more than myself. So goodbye to that, I have to focus fully and completely on myself. I have to love myself again before I can love anybody else again.
There are so many things I am missing. As I move on I will be reminded of all I am saying goodbye from. This letter is just the start. I got years to go and years to heal. I always joke about us being old….but time is on my side.
Holy this letter is hard. I never cried as hard as I did a few minutes ago…..it was a release that I needed and I realize why I waited so long to do this. But moving on to the good stuff for me.
Goodbye to wondering why you do not like my Family.
Goodbye to cleaning the cars…..it is a lot easier now.
Goodbye to feeling underappreciated. I ran this household for many years without much appreciation or respect. I did a lot and felt overwhelmed at times but I guess I just wished I would of heard a little more from you. I did not realize how much it means to get positive affirmation for what I do but it is important. I know you felt the same way….we both sucked at that.
Goodbye to trying to make you happy and walking on eggshells. There were many times I just treaded carefully to try to smooth over every situation. It was a balancing act that I could not maintain forever. I truly do hope you find out what you have to do to live with and treat your depression.
Goodbye to the last 9 months. The first 3 months post D-day were hell on earth and I have no idea how I am still standing sometimes…..but I am. I have healed somewhat, I have a long ways to go
Goodbye to wondering if you were texting him still
Goodbye to wondering if he was still talking to you at work
Goodbye to wondering if you really do love me
Goodbye to you hurting me and minimizing what has happened
Goodbye to the unrelenting wondering what to do
Goodbye to the lies and deceit
Goodbye to wondering why the hell I want to continue in a marriage with you
Goodbye to waiting
Goodbye to the good and the bad. Onwards and upwards. Learning is a wonderful thing and I have just realized that the hardest lessons to learn are usually the most important. This was a hard fucking lesson…..but I will never forget. I will use this to build myself better than ever. I still am rooting for you but in a different way. I am not your #1 fan but I will be watching and hoping you find your way someday, the kids deserve it and as much as you hurt me, you deserve to figure this out.
Goodbye