Lin

Nicole, Thanks for telling us all that. I happen to know many such situations and they all manifest themselves in similar ways.

One very wealthy outwardly comp couple I know very well were are war for 25 years in the home. It was all out war but put on the comp face at church since he was an elder. To the world they looked very together, happy and successful. But it was a lie. A pretense. they could not separate because their entire life and success in the community was based upon this lie.

Once all the kids were gone they found a happy medium. She is out of town a lot because they bought a vacation home. They actually get along better now that they are apart about 25 weeks a year. But the sham comp marriage is still there.