Husband cheated, left, trying SO HARD to DB

[SteveLW]

This is classic WAS/WS lack of follow through! I knew when he said it there was less than a snowball's chance in hell that he would actually follow through. WSs in particular are all spit and bark with very little bite.

As far as the communication. The joking, the sharing of each other's day. Why would you want to engage with him like that? He fired you as his wife. Why would you want to continue to try to act in that role? Where would his sense of loss be if you sat there and listened to him like a wife would? What is he doing to deserve you as a wife?

kech, have you had self-esteem and worth issues in the past? Might be something to explore with the IC. Women with a strong sense of their value usually do not allow a man to treat them anyway they want and then still hang on.