Thanks Seeker and 010. It's so helpful to get the support I need from people who are living the same nightmare. I definitely effed up by asking her "who and where". But I think I reversed some of that damage by checking my calendar and then approaching her calmly to say that I think I will be able to work out the arrangements so that she can go.

Look, part of me knows that she needs this. Her childhood was more traumatic than you can imagine. She says that therapy has revealed that she never really had a childhood. So now she's making up for the fun that was denied to her as a kid.

I keep re-reading the lighthouse story and trying to use it as inspiration. My W is out there trying to navigate the heavy surf. She may crash on the rocks. She may drown. She might get picked up by another ship and sail away. But if she decides to look back to the shore, I need to be the lighthouse so she can find her way home if that's what she wants.

((hugs)) you guys. Thanks for the support. I hope I can return the favor when you need it.


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