I don't see Angel's marital dysfunction as entirely her husband's fault, or even her husband's infidelity being the root cause of their issues. (It is, however, their most immediate OBSTACLE, in my opinion).
My point was that Angel seems to swing wildly from depressive despair, to poetic euphoria, without any real evidence that anything substantial has changed. She operates largely based on her FEELINGS, and I'm trying to encourage her to get more "even-keeled," if you will, and to learn to place some healthy boundaries in her life as it relates to her husband's treatment of her.
I am almost certain that he too has some marital complaints -- some valid, I'm sure, and some not. But since Angel is the one that posts here, I try to focus on her, and what screams out at me is an inability to enforce ANY kind of healthy boundaries with her husband. She seems to filter everything as:
"He's nice to me" = MARRIAGE GOOD
"He's mean to me" = MARRIAGE BAD
, and accept crumbs from him. I think she deserves more -- despite her imperfections -- and am trying to exhort her to expect more.
