How do you resist contacting the OP?

[Ophelia]

Thank you all for your replies!

The moment I woke up today, those thoughts popped right back into my head, and I just wanted to roll over and go back to sleep and never wake up again because I couldn't face another whole day of obsessing over the topic. But reading your replies has made me feel a whole lot better, so thank you everyone, (and I'll definitely be stopping by to contribute to your letter thread, mkultra).

Any idea why she left the first husband.... Alcoholism, drugs, physical abuse?????

I honestly don't know. It's odd, because I can actually remember the day several years ago when MIL told us about how her friend's daughter and her husband were splitting up even though she'd just given birth to their baby. I can remember where I was sitting, and where MIL was standing. I can remember judging both OW and her H for being so selfish as to rob that poor child of his family just because they didn't want to be together anymore. But I can't remember if MIL gave any specific reasons as to why they were breaking up. I'm sure I would have remembered if she'd said something about abuse or drugs or anything like that, because it would have made me feel sorry for OW and I would have understood why she wanted out of the M.