I just had this recollection. So i was leaving the US to see my parents on the 24th December. My W came to drop me off. She was already sounding aloof and upset. My inner alarms went off on me, but i convinced myself that i might be overreacting.
So here i was at Dulles airport waiting to catching my flight (about 24 hours flight time in all). On TV was Dr. Sanjay Gupta's program interviewing 'Micheal J Fox'. During the conversation, one of Mr. Fox's comments caught my attention. Here it is in verbatim
"There is no better moment than now. I always tell my wife: If you dwell on your worst case scenario and it does not happen, you have wasted your time. If it does happen, you have lived it twice"
Somehow this comment struck a chord in me. I decided not to stroke my hornet nest of fears and traveled peacefully for the 24hrs. Yup, my W eventually did file the divorce papers. But at-least i did not relive that fear during that claustrophobic flight over the Atlantic !!
Thanks Mr. Fox
BITS M 38 W 36 D 7 Married 15 yrs W left for 6 months in 2009 W Filed for D 01/03/11 piecing now...