I separated from my ex-wife on August 20, 1998. I had recently returned from my last deployment and it was a week before my daughter's 7th birthday. I guess the fact that I had decided to leave the army was going to ruin her social life.

April First … Had an extremely productive day, finally fully recovered from a cold.. Little did I know I’d be up till 3 AM ..walking a gravel road in the dark with my wife of.. forever, as not to wake our children after she described having removed half our bank savings, taking our new vehicle ..and leaving the children with me. Lovely ~

I’ve a new one, though - April 5th … it’s become my ‘recurring anniversary post’ on facebook. It’s a photo of Penski’s largest white moving truck ‘arriving in Virginia,’ to my new world

I am not sure about you but I was totally blindsided after 20 years together and a 13 year marriage. December 26th is that anniversary of discovery. This year it will be 3 years since and this past October was the 2 year anniversary of our divorce. It's painful but it gets better. I still have my bad days but it does get better every day!

Hang tough!

I’m so sorry you have such painful memories. I left my marriage because of religious differences. It made me incredibly sad and certainly nothing I want to think about. I’m taking positive energy into the future.

There is no pain quite like the pain of being cheated on. The cheaters heap it on, take no responsibility, and leave us to clean up the messes (emotioanally and physically). I am sorry that happened to you (it happened to me too). Ssome people are not capable of honesty. As time marches on, sucky ’cheaterverary’ dates will become distant memories as your new cheater-free life is filled with happiness and love.

No, I have forgotten all those sad times. Now I only concentrate on things that make me happy.