Walkaway Wife/WW/MLC Part 2

[jjal]

Just checking in. Detaching and GAL has been a lifesaver.

My in-laws were told in early August, they reached out to me a few weeks back with a handwritten card. I texted them a few times and I could tell they were against what their daughter was doing. She also told them life was too short to not do the things you want to do in life. Anyway, I met with them yesterday for 3 hours. Good long talk. Her Mother is angry and upset, her Dad the same and kept saying she needed a boot up her tail.

I told them it was a mid-life crisis and all of the symptoms. They agreed that it was and remembered a neighbor going through the same thing. I feel so much better after the visit. Then I told the 1st person in my family, my younger brother (43). His wife is my age, 46, and confided in me that his wife had just come out of her MLC. She didn't leave or do anything destructive, mostly depressed and miserable for 2-3 years and talked about being a failure and other stuff like that. Anyway, still have to tell my Mother and my Sister, but was actually really easy talking to my brother.

After all of this, I'm in a good place. Head on straight and clear(ish). I'm ready for the next step. I'm ready to be in charge and call the shots. And I believe it might be time for a gentle nudge to the W...because you know, LIFE IS TOO SHORT!