I think this is key - the better father I can be while making it clear that I am not interested in being my W's buddy, but rather her husband might just make all the difference. The stronger a father I can be, the more she'll want to be around me and respect me, and if she can't have me as her best friend and still does care, then she'll reconsider things. She'd be stupid not to. I need to give her every reason to respect me. I need to be dignified and respectable. She can always choose to see my actions as dignified or not, but as long as I'm convicted and follow through with what I need to do, I'm doing right by myself and my son.
“No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it. ” – Albert Einstein
