I understand the thinking back on the past all too well jb. I think we've both been pretty good at taking accountability for our own actions and most DB'ers eventually realize that they HAVE to take the path that you've chosen: improving yourself. If not, you can't ever grow and become the person your W will truly regret leaving and/or the person your W decides to return to.

I think for some it is easier to just take the flight end of the fight or flight approach. It's hard facing issues and trying to deal with them productively. As a result, some people are more inclined to just act as if a "change of scenery" will fix whatever lies beneath. It seems that the WAS primarily reacts off of emotion and whatever that emotion is in any given moment is how they respond.

Keep doing what you're doing but out of curiosity, have you ever expressed to your W your feelings in your 3rd paragraph there?


mid 20s
Tgther 7 yrs
W EA 04/12/11 PA 04/23/11
W filed 05/11/11
I moved out 08/05/11
Mediation mid Oct 11
D final Dec 11
Now what? ...2012