I grew up in the Seattle area, married my highschool sweetheart, this would have been out 30th year together. I had to leave him do to drugs, a few years back. As the drugs became more important to him than his children and I. I have been raising the children on my own now for about five year no support from the father. I met a wonderful guy during this process of leaving my ex husband thinking that we would be together for ever but he had to chase a dream and move out of state. We keep in contact and he told me many time that he loved me and the children, but then things happened he would come home to visit family but I was not part of the family so I was put on the back burner many times. He would call and say that he was on his way over and get side tracked with whom knows what and I would not see him that trip. I made a coulpe of trips to see him, the love and passion was there but I knew in my heart there must have been someone else. But he insured me their was not. He moved back home I into his parents home and never told me I found out from a friend. I called we spoke and all was well he said that we could get back on track. Then he took a job and blew me off again. this time I gave up. Now come to find out he is with someone new I really hope the best for her. I after all this have just started to date again, it took a couple of year, but on the road to recovery. I just happened to be speaking with an old highschool friend that was friends with my ex and we have ended up becoming best of friends. Both of us are really enjoying each other we both have had a great deal of problems in out lives and understand each other very well. There is still hope. My next step is to lose about 50 lbs and start finish my degree I started way back when. The children and I hope to travel this coming summer around the states looking for some retirement property for mom, maybe on a lake they are hoping. That my life in a nut shell. Still in recovery mode protecting my heart for now, no real big steps.