Originally Posted By: TSquared2
...So, would you over the weekend give some info on your W's upbringing, relations with parents, siblings, how she was in high school/college (eg, wallflower or party girl), etc? And any other things, traumas, etc since you've been M?...
...There is a cause for every effect, right? We are living in the effect (mlc), I would want to know the cause, or likely causes/theories.

So, would you do that for me?

Thanks!


Sure. But there's really nothing there...

W is the oldest of four siblings raised in thoroughly middle class neighborhoods by a married couple, still married after 52 years. Her Dad is a retired Lt. Colonel, a bit opinionated and headstrong, but a decent and supportive guy. W was raised in Missouri and Alabama. Attended a private Catholic high school which she enjoyed. She was not abused or damaged by nuns or priests. She feels her School was run by liberal Catholics and remembers it fondly. She is not religious at present and we have rarely attended church. We were married Episcopal.

She received Bachelors and Masters degrees in accountancy at a prominent Southern University.

Her family was and remains close-knit, though her parents rarely expressed physical affection for each other in front of the kids. Her Mom stayed at home full time, and dad was an active and engaged father. Social drinkers, no drugs, no drama. Both parents came from blue-collar Yankee families.

Her aunt died of cancer ten years ago, but they were not close and she lived on the other side of the country.

Her best friend's parents were killed by a drunk driver five years ago. They were in their 70's. Wife attended the trial to support her friend.

There have been no unusual traumas in our lives together. Old people getting older and stuff. Her mother is not healthy but she is 75. W was very close to my mom and spoke to her weekly until this. My mom is not talking to her now. (Thanks mom!)

W talks to everyone in her family frequently, and we vacationed with her family regularly until BD.

She was in a sorority in college, and was a popular and responsible student. Got her BS and MS in Five years. Also loves to party, but not to excess. She has had two serious boyfriends before me and is on good terms with them and everyone she has ever dated. She is gregarious, bubbly, and affectionate. Intelligent and sincere. She is occasionally shy, but generally she lights up in good company.

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Since the bomb drop, she and I have gotten along fine with each other. She has not called me names, or yelled at me, or quit doing housework, or quit paying bills, or any of the horrid things you guys have had to live through. We don't fight now, and we didn't fight much in the past either.

I realize that most of you have been the target of much mental brutality, dramatic horror, in-your-face other relationships, and other really strange behavior, but I haven't.

It's just that one day, my wife told me she didn't love me anymore, and that she had rented an apartment, and was moving out. She has abandoned as many responsibilities as possible but remains a good mother and has been responsible about paying bills and taking care of the kids.


Me:52
Wife:49
Married 19 years
Son:16
Daughter:14
Bomb dropped with ILYBNILWY: May 2013
Wife moved out 2Jun13

W filed for D 22Sep13