MLC is different than the other places for advice.
This one requires more patience, and what other forums would suggest as being a doormat. Seriously.
I am not big on reading psycho babble books on being a man...I figure if you HAVE to read a book about being a man... : ) AND I caution you about what they might sugest as courses of actions being counter productive to the ones suggested in MLC.
MLC your odds are better of you quitting before she comes out of it. But one in a million or 1 in a thousand chance...you aim to be that 1.
Experience is a brutal teacher, but you learn. My God, do you learn. - C.S. Lewis
Life is usually all about how you handle Plan B. - Jack3Beans
Listen without defending; Speak without offending - FaithinAK