In fairness (hate to do that sometimes), WW had said she was unhappy in the past, but neither of us seemed to do anything significant about it. She never suggested getting help, thought she could do it all herself, etc. We would discuss things and then keep rolling merrily along ("typical" guy stuff from me I hear). 8 years, though, does seem to me to be a stretch.
I "got it" last year and in Dec we had an awakening of sorts where we had a good talk of what we needed to do. At the end of the convo at that time she broke down and said that is what she needed to hear. We had some work to do and both knew it.
However, reconnected with OM just before New Year's and the rest is history.
LIS
M45 WW 43 D17/S14/D11
ILYB Jan 08 PA Conf Feb 08 OMW / OM contacted S Jan / 09
No one ever has, or ever will, escape the consequences of their actions.