After a couple of months of detaching and being pretty good (I have to be honest) about going dark, received a long email message from my wife about how the things that are going on in our separation. Specifically, about the "devastating impact" of the past few years of our marriage and how the "changes" I am making with the boys (during the separation) should have been done long ago.

Do I validate and respond or simply stay dark and ignore?


W:51 M:50
T:19 yrs M: 17 yrs
S15 S11
BD: April 2016 ("too much tension")
Moved out: early June 2016
Filed for D: early June 2016