eyesopen, no sweat hijacking. We are all in this together, and if we have similar situations, we will need similar advice. Actually, I agree completely with your question. I have been struggling on how to be friendly, yet detached. Reading that link helped clear it up a little.

In regards to the "friendship", I am really struggling with my decision. I mean, WHY would my phone coach recommend that I paint myself into a corner? I haven't spoke with him since, due to my quickly diminishing budget. However, I assume he had some sort of a plan in place. Now, I am verbally locked into a 2-3 month deal to be "friends" with my wife. We agreed we would take the time to work on a friendship and not push a divorce or separation further ahead. Originally, I thought that sounded great, obviously from my own perspective. It wasn't until Sandi really pointed out what a "freindship" would be to the WAW. It sounds like it would be completely different than my hopes or expecatations. It doesn't sound like a good place to be at all.

So, aside from continuing to work on myself, how do I play this out? We all know what the ideal goal would be, to reconcile. How do I(and eyesopen)get there from here? Really needing some solid advice on this. Thanks so much in advance.


Me:46 Her:38
My D: 11
Her S: 8