LT -- wow. Sounds really difficult. Makes me think of the first few months after my BD when my W wouldn't even make eye contact. I'm relieved to be far past it, now at an amicable place.

Your W obviously has a ton of negative feelings about you, and she believes you're not a very good Dad. And yet she doesn't want to get a divorce for the sake of your daughter. She wants to stay in this angry, in-house-separation with someone she despises.

Not to go too far in trying to mind-read, but ... can you understand WHY she's stuck in this weird middle ground? Why can't she either attempt to reconcile with you or leave the marriage? Is she afraid of being divorced?


Me: 50, MLC/WW 45
Young kids
Nov 2015: BD1
Apr 2016: BD2
Jan 2017: W filed
Feb 2017: D final