well your friend is right...none of us know jeff.

maybe he does have some personality disorder...maybe he is totally screwed up and incapable of having a monogomous intimate relationship who knows?!

have you read the begining of dr? the section on well meaning friends and family?

it is very easy for outsiders especially those close to us to see the sit through a biased eye...and even for people here who don't know us as we don't often give all the facts.

a decision to d or not to d should be yours and yours alone...yes of course you have your children to consider but don't allow the thougths of other to sway your decision one way or another.

here try this (it was something I did shortly before my h decided to come home) picture your life in the future in various ways.

getting d now..what will life be like

holding off on or cancelling your file for d...this one has several possible outcomes list both.

list all the facets of what you imagine life will be like if you follow these different paths and then think long and hard wich one.

I'm sure you've already thought about what life would be like with each path but sometimes having something on paper to look at helps make the decision a less emotional one.

LL