TriDoc, Nice try on trying to relate your situation to the prodigal son in the bible...
It doesn't fly with me....
I will tell you why...
Did you notice that when the son (your wife) decided to leave that the father (you the husband) let him leave? or did you overlook that part? It seems to me that your wife is saying she wants to leave and you are trying to prevent her from leaving. Where in that biblical story does it say that the father tried to keep the son from leaving?
I would venture to say that if you want to follow the prodigal son as your own story, then you should allow your wife to leave as the father did in that story.
You are heading down a dangerous path thinking that what you are doing is unconditional love. You again are sadly mistaken. Maybe your wife needs to eat with the pigs for awhile. Maybe she needs to leave and be on her own for awhile.. Maybe YOU need to let her freely go.
