Well, I would love it if that were a realistic possiblity. But, a couple of things. One, I'm pretty sure nothing has changed between her and the OM. Things were really starting to heat up between them with the texting and phone calls becoming more and more frequent. They were even starting to get wreckless - not being as careful as they were at first. So I'm pretty much sure they are still doing the same kind of thing.

Second, we have basically went to sleep the same way for the last several years. Only, I would face her and put my arm around her. Just the last couple of weeks, since I have been trying to detach have I turned over and faced away from her. I don't take it as any kind of sign, more like just habit.

Believe me, I sure wish that it were some kind of sign. I just don't believe it - like a too good to be true kind of thing. I would guess it's more of an conflict avoidance mechanism. You know, if I just be nice and act nice, he won't question me or talk to me. I think it's closer to the latter than the former.

And what about confronting the OM? Would that put some pressure on him to back off? Or on her because their secret, exciting R has been exposed?