"I assume that people will recognize the pattern of things improving, the WAW panicing as a result (because if things go too well, that could take the "WA" out of WAW) and intentionally creating bad situations to get things back on a bad path."
Umm no this is not a normal pattern. It doesn't seem like she was creating a bad situation for you. She just wanted to spend some time with the kids alone. You're jumping the gun.
You haven't even detached yet which is why you haven't really be DBing. I don't think she was doing this to intentionally hurt you. She just doesn't seem to see it as that big of a deal. You could very well do the same.
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.