jen & jack, thank you for the insight. right now I think it may be good for me to back off a little and let the situation come to me.
My words for today are-God works in mysterious ways. I'm going to take the fact that the w's cellphone died today as a sign that w doesn't need to go looking for her (potential)OM. in my earlier conversation with MIL, she revealed that W is no longer welcome in her house. MIL also told me what was going on w/potential OM, the guy is more of a strip bar predator than anything else, not exactly what the W claims to be looking for, it seems he has changed much for the worse since 1 1/2 yrs ago when the w last saw him(no contact has been made yet AFAIK, but W appears to be obsessed. My prayers are that if W does work up the guts to contact him, she will see him for what he really is and learn her lesson. earlier today went out and had lunch together and did grocery shopping together with d's. at least there's some functionality left in this family! W is acting funny again, my feeling is things just aren't going the way she had planned and seems to be lost in thought again.
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To give up when all is against you is a sign of being weak and cowardly. --Chief Eagle, Teton Sioux