AJ, you are spot on with that assessment. My W actually said there is no way she'd end her A and begin MC because I have so many of my own issues to deal with.

Now I have my own demons like everyone else, but I hardly think being a good father, working hard, attending church and staying healthy make me the anti-Christ.

She also trotted out the notion that "we didn't have 'it' and lose 'it', we never had 'it' at all". Huh? You were miserable with me for 13 years and you gave birth to two kids with me? Hardly something she'd do with a stranger.

All our encounters are laced with the bubbling river of hate she has brewing beneath the surface. At the slightest disagreement, it all rushes forward in a tidal spew of rage. I've long wished to avoid it completely, but having young kids requires me to witness her spinning and step away.