Karen,

Thank you for the kindness of your note. I really appreciate your concern, and it occurred to me that I did need exactly that.

I have decided to keep things very simple for now, as I need a singlemindedness of purpose. I have a team to help me.

We are going to go to MC, together, and I may also see someone just for me.

I have reached out to my sister, who knows me well, knows my wife well, and whose prayer and Christian perspective are needed right now. She is my spiritual guide on this, and we are going to be working thru some issues.

I am working with NOP on the OM stuff, tactics, etc., privately just in case W or OM should read here (my wife has begun some internet searches now for "troubled marriages" and such).

Finally, this community here. This is where I get my encouragement, the first-hand accounts from other LD women, the kick-in-the-azz from the alpha males, and thought-provoking questions and challenges to myself.

I'm off to the gym to work out. Both W and OM are there this morning. Time to brush off the steely look and put on the jacket.

Choc.