Steve, that's a good point. But it doesn't change much IMO. It's like the chicken or the egg. Values/Faith keep us on 1 track. If we lose faith, we start looking at other paths. But it's also true that if we start getting tempted by other paths, we may end up questioning our faith or anything in order to do what we want. I think it's an ongoing duality and struggle within each of us.
A few months before BD, my W started talking a lot about feeling liberated. And you're right, in retrospect, she had started changing about 2 years before BD. She wasn't the same anymore and had started detaching and distancing herself.
Me:49 XW:41, M:18 years, Kids: S18,S14 BD:JULY 2017, W moved out: DEC 2017 Filed for D: APR 2019, D Final: JULY 2019