My ex husband and I started to date when I was 19 and he was 27. We spent 6 years together and 5 years into being together and married, had our daughter. I guess the stress of being a first time mom and then working a job that had me 60 hours a week stressed me out so much that after months I left him bc I couldn’t handle the fighting. I kind of came to the conclusion that he couldn’t handle the fact that I was growing as a person and changing. I left him in April of 2010 and our divorce was final Dec of 2010. Now we are in Sept 2011 and we are wanting to work things out. Both of us have dated other people. I guess my question is if anyone has heard of success stories and if so, what steps should we take. We both obviously want this to work. I have to add that my SIL and I never got along. She is married to his brother and all she ever did was cause problems. How do I prepare myself for that? I dread it!