What about breaking her leverage points without sinking to her level?
Many of these WAS have obviously withdrawn, but they have a leverage in that they know we still want them. Its why they are comfortable putting us SPOUSES on the backburner, while they live their fantasy.
They also can have the leverage of children and/or shared properties or leases.
Do you remove these leverages?
Do you do it all at once in a fell swoop? Do you do it in increments, over time and each effort is full and decisive?
How to change these WAS perceptions of us? Being in the LBS chair does diminish our image. How to reclaim or gain even a better image in the face of disaster?