My Prime Directive for the next two weeks is: PREPARE FOR MEDIATION
1. I will finish the Financial Declaration Form (5 pages long) and gather copies of everything it requires: mortgage papers, insurance, cars, etc. 2. I will have copies of H's credit card bills (the ones that came to the house before he realized duh, I shouldn't let her see those). 3. I will have copies of those credit card monthly payments he's making from our joint bank account ($2,200 so far). 4. I will have copies of cell phone bills with call after call after call to OW - hundreds of text messages too. 5. I will have PHOTOGRAPHS of the house and all the unfinished projects he left. 6. And finally, I will have a list of my terms which I'm working on now and will share later.
I will have all this paperwork in separate, labeled folders carried in a beautiful leather briefcase.
I'm also in the process of planning the most appropriate outfit.
And, a friend of mine is helping me practice various calm, assertive responses to anything H or his L might throw out.
In other words, I'm preparing for the performance of my life. My H will not see the broken, sad W of the past 2 years. It will be a complete 180 for me. When he sees me sitting there looking good, with my folders, and my game face on I want two words to go through his fogged out brain - "Holy Crap".
Me 56 H 47 Married 21 years No children Bomb & moved out 4/07 "My feelings have changed" & "I want to live by myself". Ow Bomb 8/07 H filed 6/08 D final 2/05/10