I think Rod and I lived with the secret we didn’t really love each other for years. Neither of us wanted to be the first one to say anything but eventually we couldn’t hold our peace any longer. It hurt me as I’m sure it hurt him. I think we should have been honest with each other when it became clear we had grown apart but we remained silent for the sake of our children. I think there were many consequences, none of them good but it’s like we are discussing, this is what keeping secrets and basically living a lie does to you and those around you. I’m glad we handled maturely, and have since gone our separate ways into lives we are both happier in. Peace is a good thing. Oh and both of us thought we were missing out not being with the ones we felt we did love and we discovered we hadn’t missed out on a thing.