I'll take a step at my XW's MLC:

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