I agree with Sara!!! And I also think it does sound like your wife might be in MLC (as my H is). I think the second stage is anger and the 3rd stage, Replay, is when they often have affairs. It sounds to me like your W is going through the MLC stages. You may want to check out the MLC thread here, they have info about all 6 stages (sounds like your W is in stage 3 to me). Karen