And Mach, I could not disagree with him more. He want's to give the wife the benefit of the doubt. Fine, but too little, too late. The wife has checked out.
You don't know that she is checked out.....
You don't know the friend is the EA...
None of us know that....
Saying that, is speculative, unless of course YOU are this man's wife....
And yes, the benefit of doubt in any situation where the WAS says that she wants to work on a marriage, and her actions show that she is willing to be in a family setting in order to do that.