Hi Heather,

This posting is way long overdue.

I've pretty much left the boards. Somehow "Jabez has left the boards" just doesn't have the same ring to it

The divorce is going forward, there's nothing else I can do. We went to one MC session and W said that if the subject of reconciliation came up, she'd leave. She had to go to one session with me as a result of the custody agreement.

The L that I was working with came to a mutual agreement with me that he'd no longer work with me after I challenged one of his billings. So now I need to find a new L.

D14 is doing very well in all aspects of her life. D16 is being challenged in school like she never has been before. As a high school junior, she's taking college chemistry and college calculus. Other than that she's doing very well.

Both D14 & D16 have had the occasion to be w/W when OM was with W. Both DD's have told me that they don't talk to OM and don't like OM. OM has estranged himself from his mother and sister b/c of the A.

And that's the sitch in a nutshell.

I want to say thank you for all the time and thought that you put in to responding to my posts. I don't know what to think about the whole idea of DB'ing b/c I don't feel like it "worked" for us. The D is not busted and I still take an occasional ride the roller coaster. I don't think that DB'ing was the right approach for us and as a result, I wonder if I blew the only opportunity that I had.

I wish you all the best in your efforts to save your M. I wish you a happy, healthy R w/S5 & D3 regardless of what happens.

Take care of yourself,
Jabez