"Sometimes your advice is great, but other times you do the opposite of encouragement."
Really? Now you're blaming me? I and others who post to you aren't here to hold your hand. We suggest things that you might want to do to help your situation. The frustrating part is that you don't do them or follow them or try to understand them. You make excuses. For example, you were away from your home for several months and during that time you got more involved in your kids' lives (which you should have been doing anyway) and you tried to GAL. But you never bothered to learn how to address your W's needs. Not wants, NEEDS.
labug is right. You are trying to change your W and her attitude rather than yourself. There's a difference.
M-43 W-40 2D - 9 and 5
Emotion, yet peace. Ignorance, yet knowledge. Passion, yet serenity. Chaos, yet harmony. Death, yet a new life.