Mb28, your friend did pretty well.

There were a few points I would nto have said exactly the way it was put but its a VERY stressful sitaution and what is said there takes a LOT of courage.

His threats to divorce are getting abusive at this point.

He's making himself ill. Its interesting to see he thinks saving the marriage is what is causing the illness, not his lies or his waywardness. He knows he will hurt a lot of people if he files for divorce, I woudl expect his lawyer to even warn him about that.

Let him stew for a few days, I expect he will have a crash at some point and try to call you again mb28.

Do NOT allow him to break Protection Phase... this is VERY IMPORTANT.