What Snodderly has said is so right. Each one goes through MLC differently.
Yes, my H used to talk highly of the ow and her kids. Once everything starts to get hum drum it will change.
My H used to tell me to find someone else, that he wasn't EVER coming home again. That was all the guilt talking. If I did find someone else he would have exploded. He told me that when he came home. Let him swing away in his MLC world for right now. Let it go, let it go and you will find some peace.