GFI,
Hmmm, maybe not so much that she wanted affirm that you can't change as a knee jerk reaction. I am often guilty of the same thing as your W, I just expect H to behave in a certain way and sometimes I cause it by being negative. On the other hand , she may have called because she misses being involved and knowing about your life. Just try to take it as apositive interaction and see where it leads. It must have been hard for you to actually buy another house while an Om lives in the one that is paid for, that is incredible. Are you legally separated? Is she currently living with the OM? Or seeing him? Btw sometimes it is very hard to see a change in someone when you always expect the worse, also is she had to admit you have become better it would take away her justification of the A.