When you read the two posts above, you will see that my W (Talkartoon) has decided not to submit further posts. My anger, low-blow comments and inability to "get it" have really pushed her beyond the point where she feels that the forum can help her further. That being said, I want to thank everyone for posting and for providing support.
I, however, will continue to post because I still have a great deal to learn.
As you can tell, my W is a ghost to me now; I can really feel it. In the past, I’ve given up too easily when things got tough, when I was angry or when I had to be supportive and mature without a guarantee about the outcome. Now, I’ve used up all my “get out of jail free” cards and need to focus big time on rebuilding this relationship.