Lately I feel like I have been having to beat you up. But I guess you know that you haven't been your old self lately and I guess this is a phase that will pass.
I could scold you for a couple of things in your post that I found you were just misreading (i.e. your XW seems to have a good atitude about M and even about the problems in your M- I dont see that as hypocrisy, only that she is internally torn).
It is okay to feel angry with your WAW. The deal is to vent that and get on to a positive plane. There is such a thing as detaching without giving up hope. I am trying to get there myself and it is very hard. But i think for 60% of the day I am there. It does feel better.
BTW, heard you mention Iowa City on another post. If you are going to be visiting let me know. We can meet.
UD
The 3 laws of DBing:
1. PMA is critical to DBing.
2. Since drop in WAW's PMA leads to drop in LBS's PMA and vice-versa detachment is critical.
3. Validate to raise WAW's PMA and GAL to raise LBS's.