Next big step -Paris!

Well, they have gone. Helping Angel get ready was a bit surreal, but she looked absolutely lovely going away,

I have a written todo list as long as my arm. Boxed set to watch in the evening too. Nighttime will probably be the worst. But feeling confident at the moment.
 
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Don't hesitate to lean on us here for help! Glad to hear you're feeling positive so far.
 
First 24hrs done. Felt bit emotional off and on during the day, sort of sad. But did OK, also slept OK, for me, which is never good. Another full day planned. Exchanged a few texts, just chit chat and goodnights etc. Nothing heavy.
 
Glad to hear you're managing, even if it's hard. It gets better over time. Hang in there. :eek:
 
It went really well. :)

First day was the worst, but never bad, realised on second day to stop listening to sad/romantic music so basically moved from Country to Rock. Kept myself really busy doing enjoyable productive stuff. When Angel came home evening of 3rd day was really chilled in garden with glass of wine and was able to sit her down and listen to her stories and have a "show and tell" about her time in Paris. She was able to say she had a really really great time and she would do the same or similar again, now that she was happy I was cool with it. Was really proud of myself, and even prouder of my best friend Angel. Today had a really good conversation about what we could do a bit better next time, but really minor stuff. Most of it communication based. (When she was away she was very cagey about saying she was having a good time in case I was not happy. I on the otherhand wanted to know she was having a good time but did not want to ask in case she wasn't, so we had some anodyne text exchanges.) But that was about it.

So, thanks massively to all that advised and helped, really would like to say THANK YOU. We feel that we have taken a big, if not final step in being free of constraints put on us by society. I am really pleased for Angel and proud of her for being so brave.
 
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Wonderful that you and Angel got through it! I laughed at the minor communication difficulties, as I had a reversed problem with Roger when I was gone for an extensive time and he spent all his time with Taylor (I was really struggling being gone for work-related stuff, he didn't want to share with me that he was really missing me too, because he didn't want me to feel sad that it was also hard for him). Reminds me of past advice I've received from GalaGirl about before, during, and after care for time spent apart.

I hope you are also proud of yourself for facing something that took a lot of courage and bravery. :eek:
 
Congrats on your success zigzag.
 
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