Yeah, get some good intel, lol. The landscape is littered with wayward spouses looking you right in the eye and lying.

Doesn't really matter at this point, I guess, b/c you do sound resolved just past on the crap treatment that you've been getting. I can't guarantee that this will work, but I do think it's your BEST chance you've got, and you really have nothing to lose, since the current way isn't working either.

Puppy