Don’t Burn Bridges
I just got back from dinner with my former mother-in-law. Our relationship is a giant example of why you cannot burn bridges in your life.
Although I went though a lot of shock when I was essentially ripped away from my ex-husband’s family, eventually my mother-in-law and I found the right to me to reconnect and re-establish a friendship based on our own terms. We had always known that we were a lot alike, but my ex had put a lot of strain on the relationship I had with his mother during the marriage. Somehow, with him out of the picture, we were able to sit down with the stressor out of the picture and get to know one another in a whole new way. And, it was great. We get together often now, usually with my daughter also involved.
I do not think I have been able to successfully keep healthy bridges with any of my ex’s, though there is at least one that if we were to see one another again, I am sure it would be perfectly pleasant. I have a friend, though, who dated a well-known rock star and is still able to work with him professionally even though their relationship is over. That is the way we should all be able to break up, really.
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