John,

Its difficult to sum up W but the simplest way would be to say control freak. If shes not in control of you as a person she'll either cut you off or argue with you until it wears you down. And if she really wants to wrest back control she'll go and have an A. well that what she did last time.

It's not just me on the recieving end at the moment, BIL and SIL to a lesser extent come in for some rough treatment and thats all because W and MIL can't meddle in their M cos they moved a distance away which its not too far, but far enough where you have to make an effort to see them. The underlaying reason behind this latest thing is W complains that BIL never visits her or MIL so she in no mood to visit them. I'm now getting it in the neck cos I dared to speak to them without her knowledge. Its funny cos I've delt with that issue but we just argued over somthing really trivival but that only calmed cos I backed down.

On the possibility of OM, well that possibility will always be there and if there is somthing going on well shes doing a better job of hiding it cos I see no obvious signs. I'll have to see if she makes plans to visit a friend and packs an overnight bag. That was one trigger for me, a bit like Mexico for you. Anyway I know the drill thats why I'm looking to work on my goals for the new year rather than worry abouy what W is up to and I'm looking forward to making new friends cos who knows what the future holds.


Lan