'' I had an awakening this morning"

[TrentC]

I did the exact opposite with my wife. I told her that if she chose to end our marriage this way -- by having an affair, lying to everyone about it, and cutting-and-running from the marriage, with no MCing -- then we would not only not be BEST friends, but I could not even be her friend. Because friends don't treat each other that way.

Again, you said it much better than I did.

To recap: the "we can still be friends" thing is WAS script, to make themselves (and hopefully you) feel better about the breakup.