"Ask yourself if you think you can outlast your W's MLC. If the answer is yes, you can help pass the time by working on becoming the best possible YOU!"
For the simple fact that her crisis could go on indefinitely, I wouldn't know how to honestly and objectively answer that question with any type of concrete timeline in mind. And, I also am fully and painfully aware that the only person I can intervene on is myself. As far as outlasting my wife's crisis, the one thing I can say with 100% confidence and certainty is that, unless she were to hurt the kids in some way, I know I have the endurance to put up with her shenanigan's indefinitely. Kitty is the only woman I've been with in my life (out of principle), I'm stubborn like a mule, and I'm too ignorant and stupid to know when to give up. It's in the DNA...