What happens if you 'set them free' but they won't go away???
In my experience, that was (x)W's way of begging for help, for me to 'smack her over the head and take her away from the evil situation she put herself in'.
Yeah but I don't want to have to be the rescuer......I know you guys are reconciled, so apparently that worked for you guys? I don't think that would work here.