Hi,
I have been so impressed by the kindness and support of those on this site and would appreciate a listening ear and any advice.
I was married for over 30 years to someone ten years older than myself who has suffered from serious bouts of mental illness. He was a struggling writer and I was an artist. We were very poor and I did most of the providing. We had no sexual relationship for most of that time due to his inability and avoidance although we were affectionate. I have no children because of this and the financial insecurity and also grieved that I lived so far away from mum having moved to the other end of the country to marry. My mum died just over two years ago and right afterwards I left my husband for someone else. It was a very passionate relationship and we made plans pretty quickly to have a future together. He left a dead marriage and changed his whole life to be with me. He is a good stable man and we are now living together. Last year I started to feel terrible grief and loss and although it was a difficult marriage my ex and I were very close friends. I want to be able to visit as friends and support him but this is proving impossible as my new partner wants me to move on. I am struggling greatly moving on and feel so stuck trying to start again at the age of 61.
