Yep. I think you are doing great.

And I agree that she has a desire to live in "fantasy land." My wife has the same desire. But (IMO) neither one of our wives want to live the rest of their life knowing that their poor judgment resulted in the breakup of their family. Our wives have painted themselves into a corner, and they see the only escape is divorce - to run away from the problem. So they live a double life. Fantasy/reality.

You know, I don't want my wife to be the type of person to run away from their problems. So if she does leave, then that's fine with me. I can do a lot better than that. And so can you.

Our responsibility is to our kids and to ourselves, and if we take care of these people, we will be happy. And the people we are with will be happy.

And yes, yes, yes. I truly believe that our wives will never find somebody who will stand by them like we have. I can tell you this: Any other man would have left skid marks. I know this because I am the only father of her kids, and they are the only reason I am still around. And I suspect that you would say the same about your situation.


Me: 48
Divorce final May 2010
B: 19
B: 15
G: 9