One of the signs when a person is coming of the MLC is they will try to first connect to the children. My W is not trying to do just that. She use to ignore our D and didn't seem to care what she did. This year for Christmas D decided to get mom a little necklace with a broken heart pendant. I says IL my mom and D keeps one half while my W keeps the other. Well D11 asked mom if she was wearing it and my W said no. Our D asked if she could and her mom said okay. It's been a few days and she still has the necklace on.