At least she has great taste in music! John Mayer's a wizard with the guitar.
Oy! Isn't it painful to see them blunder thru this crap, yet stay so prideful even just following their falls? Take great care of yourself, Wes, this week and next, amping it up beyond the norm. Let her face the real world. If it happens to burn her, then perhaps she'll be less gullible in the future.
I often use the Parable of the Prodigal Son to help me conceptualize the work that XW has to do. She literally has to learn via the school of hard knocks that there's nothing better out there. That her mood will drop even further the more hits she takes. That nothing comes for free, despite the existence of credit cards and young, racy friends.
Once she hits bottom, your XW just may start to appreciate the beauty in little things, the normal routines, the value of hard work/sacrifice/commitment. Until then, you have to keep yourself together and hold down the fort, moving on in the sense that your life should be lived as fully as possible.
