Stubborn I go through this too. If you remember, after asking W to go for counselling with me and telling her I was unhappy with this sitch and it was not going to go on endlessly, her response was to plan a family vacation! My best friend almost gagged when I told him that she had sat me down to discuss my activity schedule because my new plans would interfere with family time and she had always been mindful to leave that night open for family time!!! Give me a break. As a friend of mine once said, after his W left him and an array of crazy things happened, "if this was happening to somebody else I might find it funny!" Oh, yes, it is happening to you and I'm not finding it funny. So much for that.