Welcome to my blog...….three weeks ago my life got turned upside down and I was left saying to myself "What actually just happened?!?" I had just got back from having my hair cut and coloured and my partner of 12 years ended our relationship.
Now perhaps I was naive, but I honestly didn't see it coming. Yes, we had our differences, yes we've been bickering, but I honestly thought we would grow old together. He seemed shocked that I wasn't on the same page as him and thought I would agree when he said "we're just too different". We lived in a nice house in Surrey, with a garden and a gorgeous cat. However, we weren't married and didn't have children, so at least that's a positive.
I was ….. still am.... completely shocked.
I had moved my life away from my hometown to be with my partner about 7 years ago and never regretted it. I kept in touch with all my old friends and didn't really make lots of new friends in the new area and didn't regret that either until that night when my life changed.
This year I turned 40 and looking around me the world has changed rather a lot since I was last single! Everything is different....how we interact with each other, how we consume everything and how we date and meet new people. This quite frankly terrifies me....suddenly feeling like a bit of an alien in a world that I had been so sure of previously.
Now this blog isn't a place for me to vent about my ex or be negative....it's a way to share my journey as I navigate my new world. I'm sure there must be lots of other people out there in my situation - suddenly facing a new world alone - and I want to share the highs and lows in the hope that we can help each other.
12 years is rather a long time and currently I am hurting a lot, but I've already promised myself that I need to be brave and confident in all the decisions that I make right now. Life throws us curve balls....apparently they help us grow....I didn't realise I needed to grow anymore!
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| Pre-Break Up - Blissfully unaware! |
Anyway, I hope you decide to join me on my journey - I could do with the company!
Be Brave and Be Confident!
Rachel
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