Thanks everyone
Very kind words from you all, it really means a lot to me! :o) I know that I have to stay strong in order for this to work and for us to lead the lives that we want to, though that doesn't mean I'm necessarily looking forward to going through all this! I've found an online community that helps people in my situation and the support my girlf and I have found from them has been really helpful, I honestly do not know how we'd cope otherwise.

As for appealing to my sister's hormonal self with regards to seeing my niece/nephew, that would only feel like emotional manipulation and I really do not want to be doing anything of the sort to anyone else. It's bad enough my family are doing it to me, I'm not going to take a page out of their book and do the same thing. If the best thing overall is for me to "bow out" and not be so involved in the family, then so be it. It kinda makes me laugh when they say that they're only looking out for me and my happiness, yet their very actions are making me anything but!! Families...can't live with 'em, can't (legally) dismember 'em and stick 'em in the freezer!!

Fingers crossed it all works out for the best!
(RVD420 has his world coming down on, Sun 4 Apr 2010, 10:48, Reply)