ARe you a "fixer"? I have done alot of soul searching and talking with my counselor and she has said I like to rescue "wounded ducks" if you will. My STWX always was the one being dumped in relationships...never got married until very late in life relatively speaking (to me) and has had issues and issues with other people throughout her life. I gravitate towards things that are not easy....
We all have things wrong with us. I am by far from perfect and own what happened in my relationship but she won't.
you sound very similar in that you love(d) your W with all her faults and she loved you with allof yours....that is the way it works. The hard part is working together thru all those....sounds like to me you had a full deck to start with and maybe she will never be able to sustain a relationship unless she figures out her deamons.....seems like you have and your on a good path forward.
You have to be happy with yourself before others can add to that happiness. Fact...
_________________________ Me-48 Spouse-WAW 52 Married for 10 years D7 ILYBNILWY 7/15 Suspect EA/PA 12/15 No confirmation/denial She files 1/2016 Working towards the Big D ...still in progress....