The effects of her drinking are subtle most of the time. Obviously it's an added expense to our budget.

Regarding the kids, I can attest that she has chosen to go out after work instead of coming home to see them before bed. There's no reason for that. I'm not preventing her from going out drinking. She could come home and then go out again if she wanted to. Also, I'm sure the kids have noticed by now that my W almost always has a glass of wine in her hand.

The effect on me has been the worst. Sometimes she drinks and the wall between us is temporarily down. One night over vacation this past week she called me "hon". But other times it just makes her angry and combative. The night we discussed me not leaving the MBR she said, "ARGH! I could throw this water bottle at you right now."

So it's all over the place. But it's really becoming a concern since we got back from Disney...


M46 W48
M11 T14
S11 D8
BD: 2016/05/27
In-home separation: 2016/11/23
Nesting: 2017/06/11
W moves out: 2018/01/07
W goes public with OM: 2018/07/12
I ask for a divorce: 2018/12/14