I can relate a bit. This is my first Christmas after my wife wanted a separation after a long marriage this past March. I've moved to where my daughter lives to be with family, and that has helped especially now at the holiday time. But it has been a hard last few months. I appreciate the friends I have in person and online with many I don't even know. I will be fine, and good will come from it all, but it still hurts. I joke around a lot on forums, and many others do too. But there is a world of hurt out there, so it is good to laugh, have some fun and comraderie. I'm learning to kick self pity in the butt and out the door and make all the contribution I can to be who I am supposed to be for myself and others. So that's about as serious as I'll get on a forum with peeps who really don't know me.
doctorj