I think you're right. I don't think she would see it that way. But I think we had created so many problems in our marriage and our life, and I was certainly no help to her for a while, that she just chose to escape. She insists that if she/we were in a better financial position, she would've divorced me years ago.
But she didn't, and here we are.
Yes, I forgave her before she even asked for it. But there's a difference between forgiving as we're called to forgive anyone who trespasses against us...that's for ourselves. However, in order to actually restore the relationship, the person who committed the offense is obligated to seek forgiveness, and I am required to give it.
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. -- Inigo Montoya, 'The Princess Bride'
