Newby here, desperate for some advice (thread 4)

[ForGump]

Dude, 2k mi from CO means you live waaay downeast Maine, in AK or in the Panama Canal Zone. If I had to choose, I'd live in Panama, but that's just me.

Sounds like some breakthrough stuff this morning. Was happy to hear that your wife is emotionally all contorted and suffering inside. That's good, really good. I mean, if she was pulling all this sh!t on you day after day, year after year, and was all calm and rational, then you'd be f[censored]ed. She's volatile, confused, and f[censored]ed up -- that's good, that means she far from comfortable where she is.

I think what you did was good. Gives me a lot of hope for your situation -- but forget I said that, don't let it go to your head.

Anyway, your CO trip -- since you're talking about doing it just for yourself, I say go completely dark. Give her nothing. Give everything to the kids.

Two good movies that come to mind:
After Dark My Sweet -- Probably Jason Patric's best and only good movie.
Zero Dark Thirty -- Love the bad ass CIA field agent.