decided to bite the bullet today and tell one of my cousins (well, distant cousin blood wise, very close cousin relationship wise!!) - her mum and my grandad were cousins - so blood tie is not close, but she used to live local, and we formed a great bond.

anyhoot. one of her cousins is in my team at work. I only realised recently that i had the same relationship, blood wise, with W that i have with H - i'd never met W before i worked with her! H is very close to W's dad though, and if W finds out (which she is bound to do seeing i sit near her at work), she will mention to her dad (he's close to my mum as well) and it would likely get back to H

anyone confused yet???


anyhow - decided that, seeing i shouldbe back at work this week, i was going to ring and tell H. got her partner on the phone cos H is off having a ride on a Harley (noice!) - i have a great relationship with partner J, so told her about the Gremlin. she was so excited! i have an off-BB blog so gave her the link, and she was in there looking at piccies of the Gremlin while she was talking to me. no doubt i'll get another call from H later in the day. they know of our struggles, and have both been fantastic support through the many family issues we've had of late, so it was a mammoth relief to be able to share! they live close-ish to some other family, and know that we're not sharing, so will keep it quiet - i have complete faith in them that way.

soo, i've reduced my stress levels heaps just by sharing - and have another couple that know what we've been through that i can confide in, without stressing it will get out!

thanks for all your replies yesterday ladies.