No coach, I actually HATE the drama. Clearly I must be having a terrible problem understanding the difference between not being treated like a doormat by WAW and not inducing drama.

How do I get any respect or ANYTHING for that matter from her if I let her just keep calling all the shots and I roll over and take it without saying anything or standing up for myself ??!?!?

SHE decided this is what she wanted, clearly without thinking through a lot of things. So Im just supposed to let her take whatever the heck she wants to help her ?? Hell, I've already had several other people telling me Im being to nice and "kissing her a$$ " by letting her continue to use my other pickup for the next week or so. So I should go take my truck back, but let her help herself to things that I paid for, since she left, because she wants them ??

I wonder why Im confused................

As for the neighbor, it has NOTHING to do with gossip. She knows us, has observed the dysnfunction from the WAW's behavior, is concerned about me and our children and has a degree and training in counseling. There are VERY few people I can talk to that are actually sincerely concerned and empathetic AND have the knowledge and observations of WAW's behavior to help me sort it all out.

Hell, when I told my father about the possibility that WAW was responsible for the allegations of my molesting our daughter his response was a shrug of the shoulders and not much more. He even facilitated her move by letting her use his pickup to get her motorcycle last night!!!