[ Granted, he could only see Joanna on occasion, and not even be able to have her stay with him until she was old enough. Sticking around was just going to be a source of suffering to him, especially when he had literally nothing else left. ]
It was... complicated. Mostly, we just drifted apart, after our first year of marriage. Absence turned to bitterness. Jocelyn is no easy person, but I also was to blame in good part for the way our marriage broke apart. And... she cheated on me, [ He says with a small shrug, not sounding particularly upset about it now. ] At the time it just drove yet another wedge between us. Pretty sure it's when I realized we were never going to work things out.
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[ Granted, he could only see Joanna on occasion, and not even be able to have her stay with him until she was old enough. Sticking around was just going to be a source of suffering to him, especially when he had literally nothing else left. ]
It was... complicated. Mostly, we just drifted apart, after our first year of marriage. Absence turned to bitterness. Jocelyn is no easy person, but I also was to blame in good part for the way our marriage broke apart. And... she cheated on me, [ He says with a small shrug, not sounding particularly upset about it now. ] At the time it just drove yet another wedge between us. Pretty sure it's when I realized we were never going to work things out.