I bet she wants to talk with you too. Don't. Keep conversations at the minimum and concerning your children. You, like all of us at some time, want this situation fixed asap. A quick fix isn't the answer. Concentrate on yourself and the kids. Let her stew over missing her constant friend contact. If she finds another to do this with, she would anyway. If she had an EA and then it developed into a PA, then it may be she's thinking she's missing something in that that she has with you. I'm not sure, but I do know it works faster to cut off her dependency on you and the family. Until she hits bottom and stops the PA and EA then you need to tough love it with her all the way. Read and read and keep talking with us.