I think my XH and your W are the same person. My X spent a good deal of time during our final goodbye telling me what a wonderful, amazing, incredible wife I am and how I should look for someone else because not looking for love would deny some lucky man of having me. I wanted to ask why HE no longer cared to be that lucky man, but I just let it go and laughed at the irony. UGH! You are a good man, living "as if"...that takes incredible strength on your part. Sounds like your attitude is in a really good place and I am proud for you.
Me 52, H53 Bomb drop 9/29/2014 Divorce from XH final 12/17/2014 Marriage #2 12/31/2019 5 adult (step)daughters (3 from XH's first marriage, 2 from current H's previous relationships) 6 grandkids