I think she ought to go and stay with mom and dad for awhile. Who else could really support her and understand her? It was actually a great bonding experience between my mother and I when I was separated and staying with her. She had fun with it actually, like an extended slumber party. Of course she also had her own pain and fears about my possible divorce, what the kids were going through, etc...so it actually helped us both emotionally for me to stay with her.
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She would NEVER do this. Her parents would drive her NUTS with "why couldn't you work things out with Puppy?" wails and general gnashing of teeth and rending of garments. Her parents' marriage is part of the problem here: I love them to death, but they have a horrible marriage. My MIL berates my FIL constantly, and he just puts up with it, and they are not affectionate AT ALL with each other. To them (like many of their generation), marriage is to be gotten on with, not lived to the fullest.
