John,

Is your marriage being repaired right now? Are your actions saving it? Is she treating you with more respect than before? Showing you commitment and love?

Our marriages are over. I'm just barely grasping that now. It hurts more than anything I've ever felt. But it's over. And deep down, despite your denials, you know yours is too. Let her go. Let her have her dose of reality. Let her see how life without you will be. Absence makes the heart grow fonder?

Read Gucci's comments to Officer In Need. Read Robx's thread. Just because they leave doesn't mean it's over.

Think of teenage rebellion. Teenagers reach an age where they hate their parents; everything they do is uncool. The teenagers act diametrically to whatever their parents have taught.

Then a cool thing happens as they get older. They learn that old Dad wasn't so dumb after all. He knew a lot of stuff. And being cool wasn't always so much fun, especially when you were too hungover from a frat party to make it into work, and you lost your McJob...

Let her experience life alone; you know and I know that it won't be much fun for her once the "glammer" has worn off. Who knows, she may like it, and she'll be gone. But if you don't cut her loose, just like a teenager who can't escape from Dad's house, she'll learn to hate you more than ever.