Also, when I read "it feels like the beginning of their relationship marked the end of ours," I thought, this LW is blaming something on marriage that may really just be the natural consequence of a child becoming an adult.
I have an adult child who lives far away from me. I feel very close to them, but not close as in "there's nobody in your life who knows you as well as I do." Not close as in "there's nobody in your life that you trust the way you trust me." Adults naturally fill their lives with their own choice of companions! It was a sweet time, the time when I was Mommy, but it doesn't last forever.
no subject
Also, when I read "it feels like the beginning of their relationship marked the end of ours," I thought, this LW is blaming something on marriage that may really just be the natural consequence of a child becoming an adult.
I have an adult child who lives far away from me. I feel very close to them, but not close as in "there's nobody in your life who knows you as well as I do." Not close as in "there's nobody in your life that you trust the way you trust me." Adults naturally fill their lives with their own choice of companions! It was a sweet time, the time when I was Mommy, but it doesn't last forever.