All of your analyzing and all of your bringing up the past and what could have caused this or what did cause this is fine, but it really has nothing to do with reality...
The reality is that your wife has a romantic interest in someone else right now...
So all of your other thoughts, ideas and conclusions mean nothing..
It is simple. She thinks she likes someone else right now. When a woman likes a man, she then makes excuses and can come up with a thousand reasons why the man she married or the man she WAS with messed up.
This is just another textbook affair....
The affair has to stop before you have a chance. I would find out who this guy is and see if exposing might be the way to go. If he is married you have a chance to help end their affair.
As a doctor, you should understand that you first must have a correct diagnosis of the illness before you can tell the patient what the next step is..
Same thing here. You have misdiagnosed your problem. The correct diagnosis is that there is an affair going on. the wrong diagnosis is that she left because she didn't get along with your mother or any one of a number of other reasons you are grasping for.
