I Still Think It's Too Late (pt 2)

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Thanks Tim - I don't really know what to do.
This is literally out of something I'd expect in a soap opera. It's so far beyond the pale - to just call it lies does it an injustice.

I suppose one of the first things I thought was "she's snapped", and is mentally ill. Because, if she believes some of this stuff - I hope she gets some help. She's suffering.

My line of thinking was maybe the parents might realize that this isn't just a disagreement. As bad as I thought things were - this cast a whole new spin on the D. Mental illness does run in her family, and it was one of the things that the MIL first mentioned when this all started. But can crazy people operate normally in reality? Kind of like functional acoholics? I'm not so sure.

On reflection, I've been thinking I should just see if the IL's have even talked to her much since this has started. I think the MIL has - or at least been around her at social gatherings. The last I talked to the FIL, he was so mad I'm not sure if the W has initiated contact since then.

Then again - when I read some of the things she wrote - I know that she knows it's all lies. She's just been working the stories out in her head for a long, long time. And it honestly doesn't seem to raise much of an eyebrow here - so I guess people really do lose touch with the reality I think I've been operating in for over half a century.

One thing that (sadly) always bothered me about the W was her ability to tell lies. I'm the polar opposite. Perhaps to a fault, I'm blunt and right out front with people. Maybe a character flaw - but you can't be "caught" in the truth. So many of these comments she made can be shown to be entirely wrong - you'd think she'd have reviewed some of her texts before writing something under oath?

Anyway, I guess I'm coming to a point where I just say "screw it", and do what I feel is right regardless of whether or not it's going to get me back with the W. The speed in which all this is happening is making my head spin, the first court date is in 10 days. That doesn't make any of this easier to sort out.

I've got to see if we can slow things down - something just doesn't seem right. It seems we're playing on the W's time table. The L's probably fast track it for efficiency. But with the W saying "we don't need to get accountants involved" makes me happy I've got a forensic accountant on this. Who knows what's going to come crawling out from under an overturned rock. Well, that's what I'll be talking with them about on Monday.