What fortitude and strength of character you have shown ncl.
I can't imagine what it must be like to have to encounter ow every week.
I am trying to prepare myself to run into my H's ow when I take my kids to watch their daddy play football on Saturday. I don't know for sure that she'll be there, but I'm trying to gear myself up for it.
I still can't work out how to handle the situation/her.
In my heart, I'd like to ask her to leave him alone and tell her just how much pain and suffering she is causing to so many people. I used to want to yell and scream at her, but now I feel I'd just like her to know what hurt she is causing (and, I suppose, appeal to her better nature).
As you've experienced, this would probably only lead to gloating on her part. But I imagine that there has to be some feeling of self-loathing or shame behind such reactions....
Another cut and past for me from your post above:
"While there is much value in learning from the past, there is none in staying stuck there"
