I am sad you and the kids aren't going to a fun event. I do believe you should.
Joe, I am deeply suspicious that your WW is having a full blown A or is stating one.
Another thought occurred to me, I was sitting in a Gamanon meeting and one of the members described her H behaviour prior to discovering he was a compulsive gambler, secretive and computer locked. So this is very addicted style behaviour. The description made me think of Joe's WW.
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Freedom is just another word for nothing left to loose. V 64, WAW