You said you are a former WAW. Did you reconcile? How did you end up on this board? You found it yourself or your husband referred you to it?
Well, to show you how nutty a WAW can be.......I did find this website by search for somebody to talk with about my stitch. I was having an on-line EA. I was in terrible shape mentally and physcially. I'm not sure which was the worst but neither was getting better.
I was into the chatting thing. Obviously that is how I met OM. But anyway....I knew things were going to get bad really quick. One night I was needing somebody to help me so badly and I went to search the web for......are you ready for this......a Christian chat board! Yep! And, I found one. But they were goofing off and I was getting really upset with them and told them just what I thought about their Christian chatroom. One of them had enough sense to realize a crazy woman was on line and needed help, and tried to talk a little bit....but the advise was totally flat and I left searching again. I was looking for something under M, I think, when this website came up.
Well with me being "me",I jumped right in and started a thread. I didn't hold anything back and neither did the folks who posted to me. (lol) But they really gave the tough stuff that I needed. And....I would tell them to keep laying it on me b/c I could take it. So they did!
Yes, my M reconciled. But it probably took close to two years to get where we are today. I guess I fall into an odd catagory b/c I was the WAW who was in an EA who was seeking help. However, I did not want my H helping me with ANYTHING! I was a rebell, and every WAW is.
My M is a success and I give this board credit for a big, big part of it. I am here righ now talking to you b/c I want to help somebody the way I was helped. Paying it forward,so to speak.
It is not about what you feel should work in your M. It is about doing the work that gets the right results. Do what works!