I think it was probably shameful for him when the divorce process meant he had to show things he'd hidden and that was maybe part of his procrastination, rather than a remnant of feeling for me.
I only found out about the watch yesterday. He is so frightened of going to Court that he forwarded an email from a month ago he had sent to his L. My L has been chasing the issue for 6 months and he has ignored the question until he did his "well, it's done" response. He stole the watch from the house in November 2016, same watch - if not the same man - that he saved up for a year to buy me for my 50th birthday and cried when he gave it to me because he wanted me to look at something every day that would remind me I was treasured...I simply have no idea what emotions could have made him throw £3000 worth of watch into a river shortly after filing for D. Makes no sense, and certainly not a happy place! Tbh, I'd assumed he'd pawned it or given it to OW...anyway it will now cost him £3500 to buy a replacement which my L is insisting on.
The email to his L is an interesting insight into an MLC head actually. Struggles with dates, says he can't remember a lot of things including his own previous employment pension! Lot of lies and half-truths, and a tone which is partly self-pitying and partly full of entitlement.
Me: 53 H:38 T:20 M:14 BD ILYB etc 10/15, H diagnosed severe depression S 1/16 PA 4/16 H filed 1/17
