Thanks Puppy. I don't disagree with you at all. Based on the last couple of years with her, unless I have proof otherwise I take everything she tells me with a grain of salt. She has proven that she is capable of looking me straight in the eye and telling me the Earth is flat and get angry/defensive if I tell her I don't believe her.
Right now, I'm not 100% confident that we are on the road to reconcilliation so I don't feel a huge need to verify/validate what she is telling me. Once I see we are definitely heading down that road then I will take more of an effort to trust-but verify until a solid track record is in place.