I remember telling my friends and family once they told me what they thought I should do, thank you, but here is what I am going to do, and I NEED your support with what I want to do, not what you want me to do. If I cannot have that from you then, I do not need your advice or 'help' and we will not talk about my marriage. My goals mght change later but right now I am going to need your support and help me when I want to give up.
This is what I did as well. Later I added that if the time came, and I chose, to reconcile, I would need them to respect my decision, try to forgive as I have, and support us both. I can tell that they don't really understand, but nobody's bailed on me yet :-).
M 65 H 64 T 39 & M 36 @ S 12/08 Two Ds
Do you know that the harder thing to do and the right thing to do are usually the same thing? Nothing that has meaning is easy. ~ The Weather Man