HI Expat.

Having left marriages, jobs etc...yes, I believe there are stages one goes thru. I think any kind of "long term" relationship, whether it's a boss or husband, takes time to adjust away from. As women, we perhaps take "ownership" in our duties, again either in a job or as a wife..and when that is severed, it feels as if your arm were removed. The home is the wife's castle. And when the castle walls are torn town, the home/nesting feeling is also torn. So, again......the adjustment period happens. Patience shall be practiced thru this transition.