Seeing my little baby trying so hard these past few days just touched my heart.
I think that her seeing me having hope is letting her have hope and I'm not going to have her keep being disappointed.
Because she will be.
I have to protect her. The wife is just a cake eater, plain and simple. She's okay having both worlds, just like she has been. Her guilt chips away at her and always will. I'll consider her a lost cause. I have done all I can.
So I have to take myself away from her.
fwiw, H4H, I agree.
I'm really sorry for your little girl's pain. It broke my heart just reading it just now. But no, I don't think the limbo is helping them any.
Drop the rope. It doesn't mean it will never be picked up again, but for now -- and for the foreeseable future -- just drop it.
