I am so damn torn. The consensus here is acceptance, patience, and time is the answer. My W and I friends say in no amount of time will she change her ways. She is a liar and manipulator to the core. This is from long time close friends of ours (they actually like her a lot but they do know much about that character flaw). That is so painful to take and it even hurt them to say it.
I will take this sitch until it gets better or I get tired of being tired. There are many reasons to wait including the boys, finances, DBing, etc. In the mean time I need to MASTER detaching and loving acceptance. Wish me luck.