Thanks lovelyolive. You're right about the drug addict analogy...I keep on thinking it's like she's joined a cult. SHe really is trying to make me into the bad guy, and I keep treating her how I would like to be treated. Is that a mistake? People keep saying I need to get angry, but I don't feel that...just hurt and sad. Do I just cut off contact entirely? If I don't defend myself, what do I say when she lets loose on me like that? What she's saying is warped and untrue, and I certainly don't agree with it. How do you handle someone in the middle of such venomous behaviour?


"In every marriage more than a week old, there are grounds for divorce. The trick is to find, and continue to find, grounds for marriage." -- Robert Anderson