SBJ, slow down and take some deep breaths.

Don’t try to convince your wife to work on the M.

Don’t talk to her family about it… Avoid all relationship talks.

Have you ended the MC?

Your wife wants to be friends, so just be her friend. Don’t expect anything more right now.

You have to keep up the PMA (positive mental attitude) and fake it ‘til you make it. Tough stuff I know, but you can do it. You HAVE to.

M: A really long time.
Crisis: 5 years.
She's still worth it.

Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose. -Viktor Frankl