Continuing with that example, I have a very hard time accepting the fact that my W will not give a hoot what I think of her if I tell her how disgusted and disappointed I am in what she's done. High self-esteem is not her strong suit and she cares a lot about what everyone thinks of her, including me. She may have lost respect for me as a H, but I don't think she has lost respect for me as an intelligent, up-standing, moral man.
I thought the same way at one point until I realized my wife is not the W I married (I had read it and believed it but don't think I had fully accepted it yet).The WW's are done with us LBHs...I'm the enemy and she doesn't care. She lost her best friend over a legal issue last year and a very close/close to best friend was less than impressed when the W bragged about texting OM to her. It wasn't long after that my W unfriended her on Facebook and now won't talk with her. My W highly respected me as well and definitely cared about what people thought of her too.Think about it... if they are lying, cheating, and being deceitful, they are not concerned about the their own Morales let alone their enemies. I think it comes down to the WW mindset is definitely different than before.
Me:37 W:42 T:14 yrs M:10.5 yrs D:7 D:5 BD: 1/6/18 OM Discovered: 1/29/18 WW moved out 5/12/18