Steve,

Thank you for your reply. I completely agree there have been a lot of shortcomings in my GAL plan. I need to remind myself that I have a much larger group of friends than I realize. This pandemic has made this much more difficult than it would be normally. I just need to work on thinking outside of the box.

I think another thing that I have been struggling with is the type of Woman that my W is. She is a very stubborn person, but on the flip side, she is very rational and has always been a reasonable person. It feels like I should just be able to talk through the issues with her and weight the pros and cons and we should be able to work it out. I truly have been struggling with that. I could be mistaken, but something that I have been reminding myself a lot lately is that my W is possibly not thinking the same way now. She has sat and thought about this decision for a LONG time and has not come to this point lightly. I believe that deep down she does not want a divorce, but she does not see that there is any other option at this point. That kills me that she has come to this conclusion in her mind.