Hey LG, Been looking for you to start a thread over on MLC. Boy, I gotta tell you I saw a lot of similar 'things' in your post to my own sitch several years ago. My H just wanted to "run away from home!" That was his driving force. Can I give you one little piece of advice? As much as you want to contact BMOW (I LOVE IT) Husband, DON'T! I had such an uncontrollable urge to do so myself, but believe it or not, I somehow managed to control that one (if you hang around long enough, you'll see that it was probably the only thing I managed to keep from doing ). I still, nearly 5 years later, have this minor obsession with wanting to talk to that man, but it is one thing that worked out best for me - having never contacted him worked very much in my favor in the long run.