I see you are starting to use your ADD gift to it's full potential. I do call it a gift when a person learns how to use it effectively. You are starting to get how it works...now you can start putting what you have learned to work.
I don't need statistics to prove to me that the LBS will be better off in the end. The truth is all around you if you open your eyes to the people around you. A large majority of the people I know who instigated a divorce will admit it was a mistake. That things weren't any better for them after the divorce and for most deteriorated while the LBS thrived. Your conversation with the neighbor was a good example of that. Another point I believe in a lot in an MLC situations.....is that if you can't love the person in the mirror, you can't love anyone else. I feel a lot of MLC'ers probably really don't love the person in the mirror.
So what are you doing this weekend? Hopefully enjoying some great time with the kids!
