hoosjim--in the word of our good 8-legged friend Charlotte, "salutations!" my name is artista... i am a new poster... i am a former WW who is piecing with my husband--since March 2015... i have been following many threads hear on DB since February 2015... i would say that i have logged on every day--give or take 10--since then... one of the reasons i decided to finally participate is YOU... i see so much of myself in your wife... i feel like i can tell you exactly what she is thinking... exactly why she is doing what she is doing--and more so, why she isn't doing certain things...

however, as a stranger, i do not want to bombard you with my perceptions regarding your circumstances... but i do want to tell you that i can relate to your wife more than i can with any of the other WWs i have read about on these boards... and i have read about a lot of them in the last 21 months...

i wanted to get that out of the way before i make any comments regarding your sitch...

thanks much--