MLC Walk Away Wife

[SirPrizeMe]

does it really mean she is nutts?

I spent some time thinking about crazy-versus-MLC, and I don't really see a distinction.

MLC, to me, is just acting crazy. We call it MLC and we characterize it and describe the general attributes, but really it is irrational. We can understand why it happens, but still it is a mental health event. In layman's terms, it is crazy.

So is she really nuts? I don't know about your W. For my wife? Yes. She's nuts.

About the $1850 on the credit card - seems like a great opportunity to detach. If she is paying for it with her mother's money, then you don't have much stake in it, do you? yes, she should have told you, but she didn't. Now what will you do? Blowing up won't help. Fuming won't help. it's just par for the course.

Can you just accept it for what it is, accept her proposal to pay for it with her mother's money? Then if you don't want a repeat (and I'd say that is a safe thing to do, from a personal financial perspective), you could move toward closing the joint credit card account. Either take your name off the card, or close it completely. Let her know of course. Could you just say, I think it is probably safer for both of us this way? Would that work?