Good for you on the GALing. I plan on getting going after the holidays. I've been stuck in the mud for way to long now.
I agree the recovery will be slow and I'm okay with that.
My X has decided she is going to go ahead and introduce OM2 to my children after Xmas. She took advantage of the fact that I will be out of town through the New Year and is having him in town the 29th thru the 3rd at her place while she has the kids.
Doesn't make me happy but nothing I can do about it. She'll have the dog as well. Maybe this clown will see what he has gotten himself into and run for the hills. One can only hope.
I made the decision back in November to do everything possible to avoid contact with her after she pulled the bait swithch on me regarding getting together for Thanksgiving and than changing her mind going to see OM2 in St. Louis.
It isn't healthy for me to spend time around her as she clearly has no conscience.
Of course I will do what is best for the kids on all matters but everything will be strictly the business of raising the kids when it comes to dealing with her.
I look back over the last 15 months and the crap she put me through primarily in the last quarter of 2009 and I realize that the damage is unrepairable even if she had an epiphany.
The big losers in this are the kids, the day is approaching fast when they will recognize that their family life is not the same as the majority of their friends.
I don't look forward to the questions that will arise from this awareness.
M48/W47 M15/T22 S3 D3 In House Separation 10/06/09 W files for D 10/16/09 OM1 discovered 10/28/09 (PA) OM2 in mix early Jan. W moved out 1/26/10 In Mediation (Settlement in prep)