"dropping the rope" is great advice for those who are still interacting with their h's for maximum impact. but me?
I'm pretty sure Coach and Greek weren't seeing each other at all after he dropped the rope.
I am pretty sure that the less you see and interact with your spouse, the more important dropping the rope is.
Dropping the rope doesn't mean "wishing them into the cornfield" (old "Twilight Zone" reference), and it doesn't mean being nasty. It is simply deciding that the Universe (God, Allah, Yaweh, and so on) has its plans, you have had different plans, and the reason you are struggling is because in a battle between you and the Universe, the Universe wins every time, so you stop fighting it. You just let go of what you cannot control.
And you cannot control anything but YOU.
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