A friend of mine from law school emailed me today that he is getting divorced and it makes me sad. Sad for him, sad in general. Sean and I have had a couple of friends and family divorce and each time it happens, it makes me eternally grateful for Sean and for the relationship we have. We’ve been through and are going through many stressors–moving cross country, buying a house, tearing down a house and building three new ones, not selling those new ones, having a baby, back surgery, hip replacement, preparing to have another baby, starting a company…just to name a few, and each thing has made us tighter as a team. I can’t imagine going through all of that without a team partner.
It also makes me think of friendships. This was a close male friend of mine I had while in law school. I think as naturally happens, when people get married, they may keep friends of the same sex, but they drop or let go a little of friendships of opposite sex, deferring to your spouse. I miss being geographically closer and having a closer relationship with him, to go out for drinks (okay, in my case, water) and talk. It is something that facebook or online communication just can’t do is hug and say, I’m sorry you are going through something difficult.
