Back to where I was.
Yes, another woman did cross my mind. Rationalizing his guilt also crossed my mind. He is not about to deny or confirm these. I also think he yearns to exercise a large extent of control because he is paying for the family but his redeeming trait is he feels responsible for their welfare (but not directly). One mistake made in his youth, he feels tragically trapped and now he is reaping the consequences. I am going one step backwards in time and one step forward, think cause and effect.-In my book, he wants to break away from his wife because it is an ill match that doesn´t take root and he is going through with the divorce no matter what, allthough it will take him a little longer to get over the hurdle. So to me, it doesn´t matter anymore who is wrong (my first few posts here were to present the matter, they were not merely meant to jot down who between the two has more wrongs). Gauging that he will head for divorce and having said some "confrontational" things, I didn´t want to continue to reprimand him, knowing that he will shut down (which he already did).