Originally posted by walbright95619
Just thought I would write and let you know you're not alone. I just dropped off my wife today at the airport, she is going to school in North Carolina. She will be there for 3 months, she's in vet school. It's a temporary setup, she was going to st. george's university in grenada, but the island was so badly damaged by hurricane ivan they had to finish the semester in the US. So she'll be heading back to grenada in January.

The reason we can't be together, is that we just can't afford for me to be out of work. I have a good job in san francisco, and I was not able to find work in Grenada. It also didn't really make sense to go to NC for only a few months, and then have to move again in january.

Anyway, today is my first day without her after 3 months of being together almost every day, and the separation is torture. i feel so lonely, and have such a bad pit in my stomach. i know we will get through it, but man it hurts. so hang in there. i don't know if this helps or not, i suspect not really, but i know i'm compelled to find others in the same situation, i guess i do find some small comfort in it.

It's good to know that I'm not alone as you just described what I am feeling!!