Sven, thanks for telling me about what you went through. Yeah, it's a lot like what I have on my plate.

I did ALL the things that don't work.

Then I talked to the Ps and told them I'm choosing my W over anything else. They agreed, etc. etc. etc., which sort of amounts to nothing. What they've done has been done. And whenever I told my W about my telling them that I won't accept any of their bad behavior, it didn't do much. At first, she was happy, but that faded quick. Now, it's mostly pain and anger.

Can you tell me how your talk with your family bore fruit? Did they apologize or anything like that. I'd really like to know.

My W is so upset by this that I don't know what to do. I think it will sink us. I don't know how much of her anger is coming from somewhere else either, 'cause this is not the only difficulty in the marriage. I'm listening. It's all I can do.