Hi Spitfire, It's good to hear from you. It is hard to hear about your dog. I have 2 of them and they have both been a source of comfort for me. Our dogs are faithful friends and it will be extremely difficult for you and your boys to lose him. If you have to put him to sleep please, please take a good friend with you. The drive home might be difficult for you. It sounds like the dbing that you are doing might be working, even if it is too little, too late. At least you can have the peace of mind that you did not get into an emotional battle with him. I am doing ok. Last week I received a change of address confirmation on a life insurance policy that H had. He now has a PO Box. It had a 20K cash value that he has cashed out. I confronted him and accused him of trying to hide money from me. I still feel that he is setting me up for a divorce sometimes and at other I think he is so lost he does not know what he is doing. He told me he did it to pay off some debt that we have. He is furious with me for not trusting him to handle things (I have paid all the bills for over 30 years). I think he is angry b/c he got caught. We shall see. The funny thing is I really don't care. I know I will be ok financially and as long as I have the love and respect of my children that is enough. I truly believe that if given enough rope that people will hang themselves. For the past 5 weekends H has been in town. (OW lives in another city 150 miles away). He has certainly had the opportunity to e with her if he wanted. He has not been on an out of town trip "for business" that I know of and that had become a weekly occurance. It makes me wonder if their R has ended, is just on hold or what! I know that I have got to quit worrying about what he does and where he goes and move on with my life. I'm getting there but is has been a slow process. I wish I could be more like you are, it would help make the dbibg easier for sure. Thank you for checking with me. Keep in touch and God bless.