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Sounds like something from my past. BB had the Co-Dependency thing going for her. BB said she was Mrs. Lou and not a person with her own identity. No OM that I know of for BB but I wasn't exactly her man either sometimes. We had a mini-Ms./Mr. Hairdog situation sometimes. Women need to get out from under a mans thumb/control, sort of thing
Chock, some churches have a "Divorce Care" program http://www.divorcecare.com/ that I will suggest you consider.
I went because I wasn't sure what was going to happen in our situation. I sat in a few meetings and workshops with the intention of just seeing what divorced people experience. It was very easy for me to see the program's materials and subjects can be used just as easily to answer some questions and feelings you might have right now and never have the intention of D'ing.
The program can be used as a relationship recovery tool with some mental shift with in your mind. If I knew your W a little better, I would suggest she go to the classes too.
I do admire you for the things you have done recently.
Church? If you want to go, great. Don’t go to make her look bad. Go to help her and you find your way back together it that is possible.