Dan, are you listening at all? Or are you simply picking out the bits that sound easiest to you?
Here's some random points:
- OM is not your frind or a decent Christian, or whatever. He's beneath your attention, so stop paying him any. Please STOP comparing yourself to him.
- Why are you "sitting on the sidelines"? GAL. Repeat, GAL. You do NOT wait on your W, or let her set the agenda, or dictate anything. Expect no more regard, respect, or recognition from your W than you show yourself.
- Your W is already GONE. Accept that. She's left on her own accord. If she is going to come back, it'll be on her own free will too. You don't have to like it, but you would find it much more helpful if you can accept it. You don't control that, so let it go. Work on the things you do control, your responsibility for your own happiness, and what a strong, confident Dan should be.
Me 42 W 39 Married: 11 Jan 1998, T: Since 1992 First Bomb: Sep 2007 Confirmed A/OM: 4 Nov 2007 Kids: D10, S5 Reconciled and together again after (alot of) time and heartbreak. 3rd kid, S, born 2 Jan 2010.