David

No one here is going to definitively tell you what to do.

Nor should they.

You have been here before?

So what advice are you seeking?

Is it healthy for you to let your xw back into your life?

AT THIS POINT OR EVER?

How much pain do you suffer from this relationship?

Now and from the past?

How is it different now that you would let that pain back in?

waiting and commitment is a personal choice.

The only question is our own endurance for pain. Yes pain. Because you can stand without pain.

There are people who stand for long periods of time for their own reasons.

NOT

Waiting for others to do or not do something.

There is a difference.

That difference is the pain and sacrifice they are willing to endure until it is gone.

No one

NO ONE.

Can endure long periods of pain for the sake of another.

You are Catholic?

Me too.

Did Jesus stay on the cross for 7 years?

Sorry if you feel that blasphemous... but he did not. He stood much pain for what he believed and for US whom he loved, if you believe.

The best thing YOU can do for your W and your children is show them a strong man.

One who believes.

In himself.

My goal is to some day be the person my dog thinks I am