Growing up, XW never felt good, smart or pretty enough.
09/08 - My little brother kills himself.
10/09 - I lose a very good job.
04/10 - We find out that we owe thousands of dollars in taxes. (I remember this day well. She kind of "snapped" for a lack of a better word.)
05/10 - I get offered my job back. I took it because we needed the money. She hated this. (I was a pretty big celebrity locally and XW hated it with a passion, but again, we needed the money.)
06/10 - She finds out that her father is very ill.
08/10 - She finds out that her stepfather's cancer has returned.
10/10 - Bomb drop. Her biological father dies two weeks later.
Tad
Currently: M 56 XW 57 Sons 38,33,31,29
The Sitch: Married 26 years EA w/ OM 9/10 Bomb 10/10 (5 weeks after 25th anniversary) Sep 12/10 She wants D 1/11 W files 5/11 D final 10/11 XW marries OM 6/13