Yes, Ali, it seems we are in the same type of boat - I'll take a pirate ship - please! During my coaching sessions & reading the boards, she does give the same type of advise. I've seen where ITH had gotten the same phrases or advise as me at times.
The advise that Jody gave me I was ready for & wanted to do. She warned me. I was just tired of the limbo & ready to move on in whatever direction it took me.
In the R talks that followed my H admitted he has been trying to forget our M & problems for the last year. When I told him I wanted to still try - he said he didn't think I would still want him. And also asked if maybe we could work on our R after D. Interesting. But, really in analyzing his life - he always runs away from problems & avoids them (he learned well from his mother).
You just have to be ready for whatever the consiquences. Have your read the detaching poem?
Sorry, Julia - didn't mean to hyjac your thread.
Me39, XH45 Kids 3 dogs, 2 cats Divorced 6/4/09 Tricky thing is not how you live, but how you live with yourself. (POTC)