Hi Curtis, re: Approach 9, if I read your story correctly, she announced the marriage was over before there were any sex with OM. When I left my ex-wife, filed D papers, and separated--I also viewed new partners as new relationships. I don't know that I would've been greatly embarrassed by such an e-mail. I'd simply tell them know I'd already separated.. and I couldn't confirm or deny if I was getting new partners 10years younger. If she or her parents are very established in a church, perhaps that's different.