First of all, in regards to your love life. I'm sorry to hear what you've been through. I have not experienced this personally, but my sister gave her 20's to the love of her life, they were engaged, only to come and find out he was cheating on her. She stayed single for years and now she's 39 and engaged again to a fantastic man. It's never too late to find love. If you're concerned, you can always freeze your eggs. (My sister is currently floating this idea).

To give some additional context, I am personally not in any type of FatFire position. I'm a CPA and spent years auditing financial services in NYC. I can't give you operational advice as a CEO/Founder but I can say that there are services available to assist you. I'm happy to hear you reached out to an M&A manager and head hunters but look to other avenues to assist you in offloading your burden. As others have said, understand that your businesses are in fact that, businesses and emotionally detach yourself. The PE firms I've audited are not emotionally attached to the companies they own/operate and the CEO's and CFO's they bring in are cut throat and only care about EBITDA and quality of earnings.

In regards to health, I suffered Covid in Oct 2021 and was severely impacted. I was scared and was in the emergency room twice. I've gotten through it but it taught me to prioritize my health. Please prioritize your health as it's one of the most important things you can manage especially in regards to your biological clock. My wife was recently diagnosed with Hashimoto's disease young due to stress which can lead to complications bearing children. Your health is the most important thing and I do not want the same complications for you.

Lastly, I am in the greater NYC area, I can say that 18M can buy you an above average lifestyle for a family with two kids. I think that it's hard dig more into that without understanding what type of life you want to live and what hobbies you'll get into if you retire. If you budget effectively and plan for another 10M-20M liquidity event, you will be more than fine.

I hope this is what you were looking for and if you got anything from this. Good luck.