I swear, I'm going to write a book about the female mid-life crisis. I'll call it: Women at midlife -- They All Go In-F@#$ing-Sane.
LOL!!! FIB, tell him he HAS to write this book! It'll be a best seller for sure!
Meanwhile FIB - just keep this in mind when dealing with your wife's spew - she IS NOT WELL. More so than the typical WAW here, your wife has serious mental issues - with depression, eating disorder, etc. - that are driving her. You're still taking her behavior and words way too personally. When I read your thread I keep flashing back to my D telling me she hated me (in the middle of her eating disorder). It was SO clear that it was just her eating disorder speaking, I actually had to stifle a smile at the silliness of it all. (D and I have a great R, btw, then and now - it was just "Ed" that didn't like me!)