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KiwiZac:
Hi all,
Just over a month ago my wife of almost seven years (together nearly 12) revealed she'd been seeing someone else for two years. She moved out and the split has been amicable - I'd been doing a lot of personal growth before this revelation so have taken it well.

I'm fortunate to have online friends to provide moral support (including my fellow mods at this fine site) and friends at the aero club to distract me with events and projects so life hasn't been full of moping and dwelling on the situation.

People have been telling me to view this as an opportunity and I have: now that I don't have someone in my life resistant to making the big move (in hindsight that objection makes more sense) I've enrolled in an aerospace engineering course in lovely Blenheim in our South Island (home of the biennial Classic Fighters airshow and the Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre), to start in July. I'm feeling very philosophical about the future and haven't been looking back very much.

As I spend so much time here with you all (recently in the background just monitoring rather than actively posting) I wanted to share my latest news. The main takeaway is I'm genuinely doing okay, feeling positive about the future and pursuing goals I've had in my sights for a long time.

DaddyO:
Sorry to hear about the split Zac
Sending good vibes from the other side of the globe, although it sounds like you've got a healthy grasp of life and it's 'wrinkles'.

Enjoy the course, (which sounds like it'll be right up your street) and keep looking forward
Paul

Rick_H:
Zac,
It's really hard to hear of that kind of a shake-up in a friend's life.  I'm glad to hear that you do see a good path forward.  I hope that you'll be able to stay stable on that track, as sometimes after a shock like this we wobble unexpectedly.

Best wishes for your course forward,
Rick in Seattle

hrcoleman66:
Hi Zac,

That's a bastard of a situation.  But it sounds like you have come out with a positive attitude.

I well recall when I left my first marriage (ten years that should never have happened), I went on a re-calibrating road trip.  Driving along the western highway between Horsham and the Victoria South Australia border with the windows down and Mahler's Resurrection symphony playing at 11, and thinking, shall I stop for lunch at the next town for lunch?  Dammit, why not.  There's noone to tell me I can't.  Such freedom!

Good luck with the Aerospace Engineering!  It was the Engineering I wanted to study!

Cheers,

Hugh

pepperman42:
This thread proves how strange life can be. Simplify your life. Take care of yourself. The  rest will play out the way it should.

Steve

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