Dear Noodlesmango~
I'd like to welcome you here. Life can really be so unfair, your ex was the one that played up, and you are the one who is suffering as a consequence. While you may feel very alone at the moment I'd imagine you might have felt worse about yourself if you had simply stayed and played second fiddle to the other woman.
Being in a small town can be either good or bad, some can be very friendly and supportive whilst others can seem very stand-offish. I live in one and to start with knew nobody. My partner joined the local show society and I took over Scouts for a while. Eventually we were more busy than we had ever anticipated.
Do you think this is the sort of thing you might do to have social contact, I don't mean those two particular things, but any sort of group or society, or even the library if they have one.
It can seem pretty daunting to go and see about joining a group, but most people are pleased to have someone fresh.
There are other avenues of course depending on your circumstances, do you have any ideas?
Croix
