I'm sorry, SP. I don't know when to frame something as "script" versus "plain truth." Either way, her current stance sucks.

She'd rather commit to being alone with her TV and crush the kids rather than try to work it out with you first? Really?

I don't believe that she plans on being alone. You don't create this havoc for the *exciting* dream of sleeping alone in front of your TV and seeing your kids according to a schedule imposed by the courts. You don't do botox and work out like a fiend when you're at peace with living the rest of your years alone. When you've given up on marriage and are ready to be a Golden Girl, you start eating chocolate and drinking champagne. And you buy a Snuggie, not Neiman Marcus dresses.

Go sell crazy somewhere else.

She's trying to get you to go easy on her. She's trying to get you to look the other way.

Annoying. Disturbing. Frustrating.

Time to pull back again and DB your little butt off. Please do some GAL stuff, as much as you can considering your housedad situation.

BTW: You mentioned that everybody knows that she's cheating. They aren't looking at you like you're a fool. They probably have a whole lotta compassion for you. Don't worry about how you look or what people think. Just keep being a decent man and father.

Lucky