Thanks Nik. I'll stop by your thread later and see if I can add anything helpful for you.

I just found out that my step-S is NOT moving out just yet. He told my W that he's not ready to go out on his own and his palm reading confirms his fears. My W and I aren't sure what that means but she's going to have a talk with him to see where his head is at.

I guess it's for the best as I don't see my W as being 100% ready to put our R as a top priority just yet. I feel as though my W gets herself too involved with the lives of her children (D21 S19), as well as some of their friends. My W admits that she is having trouble "cutting the cord" and letting the kids live their own lives. I understand her reasoning, and I'll have to remain patient and supportive until my W reaches the point of letting go.

I told my W I was a little upset with step-S's decision, but I'm not going anywhere and to take her time and act upon her own feelings, not mine. She thanked me and gave me a big hug. We know that we both have more work to do on ourselves, so we'll continue to do what we've been doing for the past couple of weeks. I'm ok with that as it's always been my intention not to rush back into our M unitl we are both ready to proceed full steam ahead. Like I told my W from the very beginning, lets work on ourselves first, then move on to our M. I am just grateful that my W is allowing me into her life and we can work togehter as a team.

- Mark What goes around, comes around. My sitch: "Third time's a charm?"