I agree it's easier to see what you should do when it's written down in black and white. I know in my sitch I seem to be under "pressure". I can't think clear, but if someone gives me some advice I can see. My sitch kind of differs from most as my W is almost always asleep when she is not working. Some may think I exaggerate, but if she sits in a chair she's asleep in 10 min. She has admitted to sleeping as much as 15 hours straight. If I don't initiate contact she would never call because she's probably asleep. Her relationship with her sons has deteriorated to almost no contact. S26 who is M'd and has a D hasn't had a call from his mother since Christmas, before that in july where W came to GD's birthday.
I have tried to talk to her , tell her excessive sleep is symptoms of depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, onset of diabetes or hypoglycemia, and some other problems. If we D she cannot stay on my medical, which only has a $300 deductible and no copays. She will have to get health coverage through her employer wmart, which is probably useless ins.
Talked to S26 tonight, he will be 27 on 1/23. He isn't expecting anything from his mother, how sad. He feels like pulling the plug on his R with her. I try to tell him it's because of her MLC, but he just feels so hurt. She has seen our GD only three times since May. He feels W has rejected not onl;y him but his daughter also.
If I could only give her a magic pill to come out of her MLC and see what she has done to her family. She has maintained a R with our D's, because she lives with D24 and D19 is very close to her sister.
My W had me served with the D papers 2 weeks after I came home from the hospital from quad bypass surgery. What a gem, at least she didn't have me served while on the operating table, how kind of her.
Mike
M 51 W 49 S26 S25 D24 D19 Married 27 yrs T over 30 S 7/12 D-bomb 9/26