If I tie a rope around him, can I sell him as a dope on a rope?

I know what you mean about the "We" thing. When we talk to D's we're going to present it as 1) a marital separation 2) b/c of unhappiness and frustration. This is actually true for both of us as I'm unhappy and frustrated he's leaving. When it comes to D time, that's a different story. I won't blame him, but I'm not going to resuce him either. At that point we'll see what we see. He said the other night he wanted to tell the kids we're going to "try" a spearation. Try? More like try until he starts the rest of it. I'll keep my mouth shut for now. Our D's (like all the other kids) are not stupid. How long does he think it will take thme to figure out he's the one not coming to see them b/c of his "new" life? Umm, the'll know before we're done talking.

Of course you kids don't want to ask. They don't want to know that Mom is nuts and keeping their Dad from them for her own selfish reasons. The thing is though, she will pay such a heavy price for this.