Well, the future isn't written yet, so I don't feel you are kidding yourself. You are doing what you need to do to get on with your life, still knowing what you want in the end. No, I don't guess the kids telling her they don't like him will make her come running back. But, I do think it could give her reason to think about the choices she is making. What she ultimately does in the end is the great unknown. I am sure the om is giving her something she felt she was missing, but as you know, the first blush of "romance" wears off eventually, and reality sets in. For them both. From being here, you know how these things usually seem to go, and you have that knowledge to your advantage. You also know, from the advice you have gotten here, and from reading other posts, that being patient (which you have been), and GAL (which you are), and working on yourself (definitely you have done a great job with that), are the best things you can do for yourself.

And, how many months is it now that you've been sober?

vc