OK. Have not communicated with W for the last week. First time that has happened in 19 years. Not really clear whether shes cares to communicate with me at all anyway. Strange feeling, but I am resisting the impulse to contact her.
I am taking the advice of the wise ones here and dropping the rope as much as possible. When I return home late next week, W is going to file for D, and then the 4 month clock begins. As I have said here before, she is very focussed on the D, and clearly thinks it is her way out of depression. I am going to let her do whatever she wants. Resisting the D seems counterproductive at this time, if that makes any sense.
So I do have a question: Wether it is depression, the OM or the WAW syndrome, is it common for a spouse to simply want to cut their LBS completely out of there lives? Is this a common stage in the process? Or should it be viewed that our R and M are totally gone and I should just move on and not look back?
Thank you for your support, and, trust me, I am beginning to focus on myself and my well being and doing my best not to be consumed by this sitch. I am trying, I really am.
H 51, W 46 no kids T 22 years M 17 years ILBNILWY 2/10 1st D talk 6/10 partial recovery W files D 5/11 long distance separation 8/11 moving forward on D 10/11 legal separation complete 1/2012