Thanks a bunch AJ. I really do appreciate your help. Hope you don't feel like a babysitter. I just wish I could get to a place where you and a lot of people on this board are. I have been in this hell for roughly 9 months and I have a long way to go.

I am going to take MHL's suggestion about "Little Friday." I think it is a great idea.

You know what? W accuses me of not "changing" but I've had 3 people in the last 2 days tell me that they can see changes in me. Is it that W doesn't want to see them? One of the comments came from S20. He told me last night that I am more of a father figure than I've ever been. That made me feel good.

W sent a text wanting to know if I could pick up S16 from her house this weekend. He was supposed to stay for 2 weeks but now is coming home a week earlier. I told her that I'll pick him up tomorrow evening.

I called S16 and asked what was going on:

M: Why do you want to come home?

S: I hate it here.

M: Is mommy (they still call her mommy) ok with that?

S: She's pissed.

M: Why?

S: She thought that I would want to stay here. I told her that I wanted to go home.

M: Well how do you know she is upset about it?

S: When I told her, she said "FINE!" and left the house.

M: She left?

S: Yeah. She just left.

Crazy stuff isn't it? Today is a better day. Less than a week until Little Friday.

Thanks for everything.

Tad


Currently:
M 57 XW 58
Sons 39,34,32,30

The Sitch:
Married 26 years
EA w/ OM 9/10
Bomb 10/10 (5 weeks after 25th anniversary)
Sep 12/10
She wants D 1/11
W files 5/11
D final 10/11
XW marries OM 6/13