I appreciate your responses. But here is my point of view on the whole stitch. Wife has been consistently pressuring me for divorce and I am the LBH who has moved heaven and earth to save this marriage. I own my share of faults and responsibilities for this marriage. However, my wife has shown little to none in her part to save this marriage. The last time she questioned me why i needed such a long time to sign the financial affidavit? I had just requested 10 days time to think over and she got butterflies in her stomach and said she does not want to delay (Said twice frantically). Instead of arguing, I simply signed the next day and wished her the best. As soon as i let her know, She calls me back blaming me that I was the cause for this marriage to breakdown, and she would have been willing to come back IF I had not sold the furniture at my marital home (BTW, I have been selling them away since our lease is ending and I need to move to an apartment and I cant fit all of them. I told her the same). She again mentioned that she never trusted me and said that I took the step of letting go of this all for my own benefit. (For my OWN BENEFIT??? Seriously???) She hung up the phone and I sent her a text (Which I shouldn't have coz its like pursuing) explaining the reasons why I am selling items and if she really wanted to discuss peacefully I am willing to do that. She was angry and asked me why i need to fix it when it is all over. I reiterated saying if she was unhappy she is free to file the Divorce. ALL the while I have been the LBH and making every effort to save this marriage and she has seen hardly any or none of it? Give me a break! Even when she came to pick up her stuff, she returned all the wedding anniversary gifts that I had gifted her along with some store return items, she had borrowed from me , despite telling her that I dont need them back. I promptly asked her to leave it at the dumpster as I am NOT her RETURN AGENT! she got upset and said she can do the same thing throwing the stuff she has come to pick up. I smilingly said those are her items and she can do as she wishes! I took the home keys as well from her. She took one last look at the small bed I was sleeping in the living room and left.(Not sure why - It definitely does remind her of her brothers miseries when he went through his divorce as he was sleeping like that as well). The very same evening I receive the Divorce (Dissolution) documents by email. So she has this kind of a vindictive behavior and anger towards me and continues to show this. Hence, the very next day, I went to my attorney, got this notarized and as promised I did not contest for anything from her(I could have easily taken 50% of her 401K and have 2 years spousal support). The very afternoon, I left the papers at her doorstep while she was at work and texted her saying the same. The evening I get 2 calls missed calls 15 minutes apart. She sends me a text asking to talk Casually. I asked what it was regarding? She says she wants to talk casually and if i didnt want to talk its fine and said "Take Care". Based on her past behavior, I simply responded saying - her casual talks have caused my BP to rise. If she has anything specific to talk let me know the subject, I will talk if I CHOSE to talk. and that i am an X year old male who is dont playing games with her. She did not respond after that. Remember - I did NOT Say i don't want to talk to her, I simply asked her to let me know the subject so we can be specific to it. She has done these tricks many times where she is emotional and then suddenly turns aggressive and negative. She has been going back and forth a long time. I simply wanted to be done with all that so she realizes what she is doing. Even now, If she wants to talk, I am ready. For a very long period of time, I have beem nervous acting like a chiken and being the Nice Guy (I hate it) for her and fulfill all her wishes. So experts tell me, If I stood my ground once and set my expectations on what I wanted, what is wrong with that? I was NOT harsh or rude like the way she was towards me. I have been humble pretty much my entire life. I signed the divorce papers and I should act like a person who has signed it. Now If she really wants me back, don't you think it is her duty to do the due diligence to at least put 1% effort in working towards having me back. Please explain me where and what I did was wrong here. Any feedback (Possitive / Negative) / Criticisms are welcome!
M(35) F(35) T(6) M(6) BD 10/25/2017 S 3/12/2018 LRT 4/3 D Served 4/30 D Signed (Me) 5/1 D filed with Court 5/21 D Final 7/6 Moving on with life and doing lot of GAL since 7/6 :-)