Hi Karen It sounds like you had some verbal abuse in your ex relationship so it was a good thing to get out. I do not have that in my M but I do struggle with what constitutes an ok reason to "get out." I want to make my M work, especially for the kids sake. Is that right or wrong? I have stated before that if it wasn't for the kids I would take my freedom and run. Of course then I think the M will be doomed later on when the kids are older. I just keep going in circles. I think I need to just take it one day at a time at this point and stop worrying about the future. Anything could happen and trying to guess at the outcome is not helpful.