Have read your updated post. Good job. You can do this and will be successful if it is meant to be. Keep up the good work. Your H will realize that you are better than ow because you are...
My thread is on the Midlife forum. I jumped over to the ML forum as I am afraid my wife has signs of that. This is not good as you probably know, the ML thing takes a while to work out. I am afraid I might be in this for the long haul but I guess just knowing that helps give you patience.
Check out my thread as your comments are always welcome.