Yes, that's the trick, isn't it? To get them out of your mind even when you have to deal with them for the sake of the kids.
It bears repeating, it might have been easier to have dealt with the death of a spouse than to have to deal with the constant conflict with a belligerent, betraying one. I feel like my real W has died but her re-animated, demon-possessed corpse is still around wreaking as much havoc on the living as it can.
