I can honestly say that this forum is a huge help. It's not always learning new things, but being reminded of what to do and not to do.
I got a call from her after i left. She apologized for being upset and thanked me for continuing to try to be a friend through all of this. She sounded sincere. I was encouraged, but she was still talking about when we sign, the forms we need to fill out, etc..
I know I can't expect a 180 in her overnight. little steps like this are promising, but the hope gets lost in the continued progression toward filing for divorce.
I continue to match my actions with my words. I will try harder to use less words. in fact, I asked her to email me the papers so I could review them ahead of time so that we didn't spend so much time together going over them. I was honest, maybe to a fault, in saying that it is difficult to respect her wishes of not begging for her to change her mind when we are going through this together and if I had the information ahead of time, I could be better prepared and we could get through it more quickly. Making emmotional decisions on the fly is not fair to me (I didn't say that part to her).
