Your W thinks that there is some dream life awaiting her and the kids and she has to get away from you to find it. What she doesn't know is that she will only find stress heartache and hardship. However, until she moves out, the dream is only a dream. when she moves out the dream becomes a nightmare.
Absolutely true. Marky, you are in the difficult part right now. You are letting HER determine how YOU will feel and how the relation will play out.
Get a Life means that YOU need to start looking at who you really are, the man you were when you met your wife. Not how much money you made, but how you felt, acted and what your confidence level was. You were her hero.
Be that man. Go to the 'makingherhappy' web site and subscribe to the free e-mail list there. He has a daily insightful mailing about being a man, and what women really want from men. And it ain't 'money'.
Get 'The Way of the Superior Man' by David Deida. Read it twice.
The next steps are all about YOU regaining YOUR self esteem and YOUR confidence. It isn't about HER at all. She has her own mess.
And I guarantee you that OM is just a symptom. A loser. Most men do not want a woman with kids. It impacts their freedom. And most importantly, NO REAL MAN PURSUES A MARRIED WOMAN.