As far as the other financial stuff - just calmly, kindly tell her: " I know financially it will be difficult for you, but you must remember that YOU are choosing this path . I will give you what the law says is fair. I will do my best to help you if you get in a bind. But YOU are CHOOSING this path, and it means you must also accept the consequences of your choices."
That is spot on..... She is choosing this path... My WAW complained about never again being able to afford things like the vacations we took..... and other things..... That is simply too bad for them....
When they are married to you, they reap all of the benefits.... When they choose leave, IMHO, they do NOT become entitled to live the same way...
No_More_Dodo
"Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads which sew people together through the years. That is what makes a marriage last --more than passion or even sex!" - Simone Signoret
