Frank,

I apologize for having been harsh earlier. Your wife makes me angry. I am not at all bewildered by her BS. Been there, done that and have the wrecked marriage to prove it. I do stand by every statement I made but I want to concentrate more on you now. She's "out there" honey and you can't reach her. Until the real world literally comes up and spits in her face and she DEALS with her personal issues she will run as far and as fast as she can. The single best thing you can do is just what your 15 year old daughter told you. Kick her out of the nest. Then set about restoring yours and the girls' lives to some sort of normalcy. It will be ALL NEW, for sure, but it CAN be normal. The last thing you need to worry about is where you will meet grown up, decent women. Besides, haven't you figured out that we're all ON THIS BOARD!? DUH! We're the ones that either have faced or are facing life on life's terms and told it where to stick it and we will make our own happiness from here on out with nothing but the grace of God thank you very much. (Can I get an "Amen", ladies?)

You can do this, Frank. And hopefully, someday she will wake up and it won't be too late.

Amy