Light at the end of the tunnel

[Core]

Sometimes this D feels like such a cliche. Lawyers send their kids to college due to false allegations in D cases. I've always known my W was extremely determined, and true to form she is not budging on any... single... thing. I tried so many alternative paths through, so I do not feel troubled in any way that things have come to this point. It seems really pointless and wasteful but I'll make it out alive.

So long as she makes you the bad guy in her mind, she doesn't have to face what she's done and doing now. I don't know how it is in your part of the world, I've often heard by many here to "stick it to the man and get every penny" in the D. In fact I've heard that many times from my Ws friends and family when talking about others. That's the mentality out there which is just wrong IMO.

One side thing that happened recently: My W and I had agreed early on to keep mutual friends out of our D. She violated our agreement egregiously recently. The friends seem a little naive, but they essentially got involved on her behalf and it's hard to believe they would be gullible enough not to realize what was going on. I'm not angry, but I'm also left wondering if I want to keep that friendship or let it fade.

I can see why you'd be debating that friendship. The W getting them involved is unnecessary. It puts them in a awkward spot whether they know it or not. I'm glad you're keeping your head up about it.