After looking at our finances, I am not sure how WW thinks her life won't be totally changed (as will that for our K's). You are in the same boat. Why don't they get it?
I have the same thing in our sitch. My H has been running up the credit cards for the past year so I believe both of us will probably be pretty broke after the D: of course I will have less, but H also is going to have to pay child support/alimony probably. He has figured out that I will be broke and said so several times (kind of rude) but has told me several times that he thinks he will have more money after the D. I wonder could the OW and his best friend who have been divorced be telling him this kind of stuff to encourage him to D? His best friend's ex makes more money than he does so a much different sitch than ours. Are they just in fantasyland, they want what they want freedom and independence and delude themselves into everything will be great like a D is some wonderful thing? It's hard to understand for me, too... Karen