infidelity

[hoosiermama]

I absolutely love it!! Blood is thicker than spaghetti sauce!!

The more I read about MLC (the resources links are fabulous, dahling), the more I see OW as just a symptom. And a classic one, at that--it gives him (or both of them) an opportunity to relive happier days when they were younger. She's definitely not Catholic, and he seems to have major issues with his former denomination/culture at the moment. She's probably quite different from me in a lot of ways (and I know it will be helpful to learn some of those, to see what it is he's chasing and see if I can provide what I have not. Maybe I should learn to ride horses! --actually, I'm not bad at it, just never get to do it. But that's another story.)

You have a really good point about trashing me. Again, just part of the MLC, and those who have bought into it have just not experienced the alien yet. I will probably eventually find out. As far as him having instant credibility--he's a gregarious guy, often makes folks at ease quickly; he also has a ton of jargon and therapeutic bs language, so he sounds credible. It's not terribly surprising.

Thanks, Puppy. Also, the more I read about MLC, the more I realize that absolutely nothing will be accomplished at this point in MC. I was aware of that, but now I have no expectations!! There are things I need to say; he won't hear them now, may remember them later, but one he's likely to hear is that I don't want D exposed to OW. Not so much because of the Wicca thing (that's just a funny side note, really) but because I just don't want D to have to deal with it. Not good for her. And although I forgot to include it in my list of goals/strategies, that is a major priority. The poor child will be living with this alien in her life when she most needs her dad; 12 is a significant developmental stage for learning to be a woman. The last thing she needs is to figure out how to "be" with OW.