Female, born Jan 5,1964 (55 in 2019). BA+MBA. Five happy, well adjusted grown children. All are in or have graduated from college. Separated, he sits on his rooftop patio and watches the world go by. I still have things to do in it. I was kind and left him our slave-girl (just think of the Bradys with Alice in bondage gear), and took another for myself (think of it as having a personal assistant in bondage gear with privledges.
My father (yes I was in love with dad, too bad he was married) was a John W. Barriger III, or a William Deramus for his industry (not railroads), As a result we moved from success to success. I went to 14 different K-12 schools growing up, the longest for 2.5 years. I graduated a year late with a 4.0 just because of the many "vacations" I took moving around.
Stability was my grandparents, whom I visited in Florida every summer. So I did something different, I earned my MBA from the same U as my BA, and lived in that city working for a big corporation, getting married and having five kids, all of whom are now in college or have graduated.
We all sew the seeds of our own destruction, I had (have) a thing for successful older men (like dad). My husband was much older than I, we had 25 good years before biology reared its ugly head, at 70 he wanted something different than what I wanted at 50. So now we do our own things. I guess I'm a gypsy at heart, I travel the US working professionally to turn around failing businesses. I love the work and the travel but it's certainly not for everyone.