Ok, Wonder – your specimen really sounds like he doesn’t know which side of the cube is up .... which is probably true for many.

Betsey, I hope you had a great weekend and fun with the new car – sorry I was so French about it, sometimes I just can’t help myself (I’m part French, and we are famous for our rudeness). *apologetic smile*

I actually went back this weekend and read many old threads, of yourself, of Wonder, and Briget, to name just a few, and I was struck by two things: how little the actual circumstances which have brought you here have changed, and how much you yourself have grown.

Which brings me to the following scenario: what if Mr W, for example, told you tomorrow that he wanted to come home (or ‘work on the marriage’, to make it sound not quite so frightening) and you discovered you’d outgrown him? You've never come right out and said so, as far as I can recall, but I imagine I see a fear of just that possibility haunting your posts at times.

So here’s my challenge for today: list any number of reasons why you want your WA back, as they are today. Not just Betsey, but anyone who wants to participate. I accept any reasonable explanation, except a) “because of the children” or b) "because of the great marriage we had in the past." I want to know why you as you are today want them as they are today to come home.

Pen