QUOTE If you get lucky, I'd settle in for at least 4-6mo of ups and downs. What helped me continue was realizing the best first steps for "staying" or "going" were similar--detachment and GAL. Key factors in how long to stand, IMHO, are the duration of the relationship and the presence (or lack thereof) of young children.
----- -10 years together, 4.5 years married, one 3 year old daughter. ------
QUOTE It's a good question. I'm surprised when people start, then give up 2mo later no new skills learned.
-------I'm thinking I should file but then I read that statement and think I haven't given this a try long enough. I might give her 1 more month but then file, wait 30-60 days and then turn it into the courts. --------