So I will be the nice guy, the caring guy. I will give her the speech about how much I love her and always will and will be here for her whenever she needs me. I will sign the papers and start the proceeding. Give her the space she needs to see if she can be happy on her own on the other side of the country.

I will let her stay in the house during the process, and hope the GAL/DB confidence thing works.

And when she walks out of my life forever, I will be crushed. This is not the right thing to do.

H 51, W 46
no kids
T 22 years
M 17 years
ILBNILWY 2/10
1st D talk 6/10
partial recovery
W files D 5/11
long distance separation 8/11
moving forward on D 10/11
legal separation complete 1/2012