Masterpiece - a little more progress...

[Jer2911]

...one thing I do notice in your posts is that I feel like you are hoping there will be a break through with W. This all takes time and it seems unlikely your W will have an epiphany anytime soon. I know this very difficult and it just flat out sukks. But leave her to her deal with her crisis. You can rationalize with an irrational person. Or to quote my xh as he was sobbing uncontrollably, "I have no idea how you can function being so logical." That solidified that I wasn't the crazy one.

Hang in there:-)

That is my fatal flaw... While intellectually I get that this is going to take a long time -- and I can have many moments where I get that and am okay with it and can comfortably see myself living somewhere else and being happy on my own while W goes on around in orbit -- I also have emotional moments where my eternal optimist comes out hoping and praying for a breakthrough/miracle... and it does hurt when I get slapped with nuggets of reality like overhearing the conversation about a wedding this morning.

Thanks for saying that I sound like a great person and a great mom... That is my goal always -- to be the best person I can be for my kids, myself, my W (even if she doesn't appreciate it right now), all of my family and friends, and to everyone I encounter in this world. I always want to make my little corner of the world a better place while I am in it. :-)