Yeah, a lot of bad advice out there. I know my WAW lied (or at least didn't tell her friends the whole truth) and...not surprisingly...got a lot of "Just dump him. You deserve better." type advice. People give advice freely and, as is often the case, you get what you pay for.
I'm pretty early in the job search process so I'm not worried...yet. We'll see what happens. I've always been a very independent, self-sufficient person and although I don't think God caused or prompted my problems, I have come to believe He allowed them to occur to teach me to trust Him more. It has (and continues to be) a difficult lesson indeed.
My WAW called me the other night to say she had a question about the letter I'd sent her. If I didn't mention it earlier in the thread, with the encouragement of my C, I sent her a letter telling her a lot of stuff that I'd been keeping to myself and asking her to share with me what was on her heart and where she was at right now (no future talk).
At any rate, she said she is crafting a response to that letter. This is unusual behavior for her (at least recently) in that she has, up to this point, steadfastly avoided any talk regarding decisions we (either individually or jointly) will have to be making in the near future (apparently preferring to bury her head in the sand and pretend they don't exist) and has never written me anything. I have no idea what to expect so I'm not giving it any thought and will simply hear what she has to say when I finally receive it.
If she decides she definitely wants the D and a job is not forthcoming, I'm considering selling everything, investing it all in CDs, joining a non-profit aid organization, and going overseas. I've always felt a desire to help others and if I have neither a wife nor a job to hold me, perhaps this is God's way of nudging me.
