DMB (sorry, you are now "DoingMyBest" to me, pal),
I'll take your vehicle analogy one step further. Your wife has not only made the foolish and unilateral decision to hop off your bus (and yours says "CHARACTER" above the front windshield, much as they say "CHARTER"), but she and OM have decided to hop in an old muscle car and DRIVE (not merely "get off") hell-bent into the most dangerous part of town.
As a wise friend put it to me when I was going thru my chit:
"They don't even realize yet that the car -- as sexy as the body looks on the outside -- has no engine."
Hang on, brother -- there's a reason why this is called "the roller coaster."
- Choc., who just mixed yet another mode of transportation into the analogy
