Ironically, after she filed, she found out that the "poor legal aid" doesn't offer any assistance for child custody cases. I did get an approval to increase my credit limit, and I gave W a $1,000 advance against our tax return. I actually did this right before we met at the courthouse, and she still went forward with filing...
@LTH - what alternative would you have suggested in this situation? I tried sympathy, reason, love; what would you have suggested in this scenario since you think my W deserves better than me? I'm sincerely curious.