Stuck,

Thank you for the words of encouragement.

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Well I would say that your W wanting to leave to date another guy is a pretty damn big financial irresponsibility.


Agreed. Taking any kind of vacation is right now, but particularly to do so in order to see OM.

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In the future, when your kids look back at how you acted now, you want them to be proud and say "that was my dad"!


That will be the end result regardless of what happens with my W and our M.

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Just think how they're going to look at their mom. Makes you want to laugh.


Actually, it makes me want to cry, but only when I'm out of detachment mode. My W is a good woman and I love her very much. As much as I dislike her behavior and disrespect towards me and our family right now, I can't hate her, I just feel very sad for her. She is terribly mixed up emotionally and possibly psychologically right now. So it is up to me to be the rock that you describe.


M: 41
W: 39
S: 11
S: 10
D: 4
1st contact w/OM: 1/19/09
EA began: 2/14/09
EA discovered: 3/1/09
I file for D 8/25/09 to protect myself
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