Hi, thank you for your reply. Yes I had been planning to find a new job in Australia or some other place where we could be together. But after discussion with my wife she said they don’t want me back, because “I am too strange and too moody”. She says I must do my duty and provide for my family, which means staying in png. I make a reasonable salary there, and she doesn’t want to go backwards in terms of financial position.

To be clear, there is no intention of divorce. That hasn’t been discussed, nor is it something I want. I love my family more than anything and a divorce would kill me.

No I don’t really have any friends. I know everyone but everyone is either a competitor, a customer or a supplier, so it’s hard to have what I would call a real friend: someone who wants to spend time with you just because they enjoy your company, someone you can trust and feel comfortable talking to about these things.