Walk Away German Wife (WAGW)

[PortlandDad]

It's been a few days so I haven't stayed up with this..

Stuck: I don't mean to say that my wife isn't a strong-willed woman. She comes from German farming stock and is incredibly stubborn when she wants to be! Heaven help the poor sod that crosses or slights her in any degree.

She once had her credit card stolen at a gas station by some low-life attendant, who then went on a shopping spree the next day at the mall. Even though I told her over and over that we weren't responsible for any of the charges, she still tracked down all the stores the perp and his girlfriend went to, talked to all the people at those stores who waited on, or served them, and even got some surveillance video from one of them, and then she dropped the whole shebang on our local police department, and kept following up to make sure that they arrested the gas station attendant! And this was all over a couple hundred dollars that we weren't even responsible for!

My comment about her not having a strong will has more to do with the fact that unless she is determined and committed to something, she can be pretty easily convinced to change her mind. She compensates by making irrevocable choices: she knew I could talk her out of leaving, given enough time, so she shipped all her household goods in only two days. Done. Her decision couldn't be reversed, or at least not easily reversed.

She is coming on Saturday for two weeks, and she is bringing my MIL with her, because she is so afraid of flying and wouldn't dream of doing it alone. My strategy is to show her a strong, happy, confident face. I'm trying to plan some fun family activities that we can all do together. I want to show her that we are not just sitting around and being mopey with her gone.

Anyone have any other suggestions?