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March 12, 2010 3:10 am IMPOHenkel Corporation (Rocky Hill, CT) has introduced two new Loctite threadlockers formulated to withstand consistent operating temperatures up to 360°F. The new products tolerate the oils and lubricants typically found on "as received" threaded fasteners, and will also cure on plated, aluminum, stainless, and chromated fasteners without primers.
Prep For Compressed Air Drying
March 9, 2010 5:34 amVan Air Systems (Lake City, PA) now offers the Prep40, a complete package in portable compressed air drying. All Prep40 models are designed for applications needing mobility and dew points down to -40 or -100°F. Typical applications include pipeline drying or critical sandblast and painting operations.
10,000 Volts? No Problem
March 9, 2010 5:33 amThe Bondhus Corporation (Monticello, MN) introduces a full line of high quality insulated tools through its German marketing partner, FELO. The screwdrivers, bit drivers, and pliers are tested and certified to comply with all critical safety standards, including insulation safety testing at 10,000 volts.
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March 9, 2010 5:32 am IMPOThe Baghouse controller from FilterSense (Beverly, MA) features DeviceNet communications for integration with Allen-Bradley PLCs. The B-PAC series of Baghouse analyzers and controllers feature advanced intelligence, such as the ability to instantly detect and locate failed solenoids and filter leaks.
Magnetic-Free Positioning
March 9, 2010 5:31 amTURCK (Minneapolis, MN) introduces the new LI-Q25 series linear position sensors, which replace magnetostrictive and potentiometer devices to deliver precise measurements in metal processors, rolling mills, or injection molding machines. The LI-Q25 sensors do not require a magnetic positioning device, so they are unaffected by metal debris.
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What were the biggest events in 2013? How will the year be remembered? What will 2014 be like?
The end of the year is a perfect time for your students to reflect, to predict and to imagine. Below, we offer several ideas for year-end projects in the classroom and, farther down, retrospectives from The Times and around the Web that might help inspire them.
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How Many Loaves Do You Have? Building an Economy of Gift and Communion
Gather the Fragments, live the miracle, build an economy of gift and communion.
Pope Benedict's Encyclical letter "Charity in Truth" (Caritas in Veritate') contains within it the seeds of hope for building what the Church has long called a "truly integral humanism". The very idea of a an economy of communion and gift is rooted in this understanding.
CHEASAPEAKE, VA (Catholic Online) - On Wednesday of the first week of Advent in 2012 I have the privilege of proclaiming St. Matthews account of the feeding of the five thousand at Holy Mass. Here is an excerpt:
"Jesus summoned his disciples and said, "My heart is moved with pity for the crowd, for they have been with me now for three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, for fear they may collapse on the way.
"The disciples said to him, "Where could we ever get enough bread in this deserted place to satisfy such a crowd?" Jesus said to them, "How many loaves do you have?" "Seven," they replied, "and a few fish."
He ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then he took the seven loaves and the fish,gave thanks, broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples, who in turn gave them to the crowds. They all ate and were satisfied. They picked up the fragments left over--seven baskets full."
The various accounts of the multiplication of the loaves not only recount a miracle of the past, they open up to use an understanding of the possibilities of an economic order rooted in gift and communion.
Pope Benedict's Encyclical letter "Charity in Truth" (Caritas in Veritate') contains within it the seeds of hope for building what the Church has long called a "truly integral humanism". The very idea of a an economy of communion and gift is rooted in this understanding.
The Holy Father reminded us that "ideological rejection of God and atheism of indifference, oblivious to the Creator and at risk of becoming equally oblivious to human values, constitute some of the chief obstacles to development today. A humanism which excludes God is an inhuman humanism." (#78)
In an age which has born the bad fruits of atheistic and "secular" humanism, we are called to proclaim the new and true humanism revealed in Jesus Christ, the New Man. These words of the Second Vatican Council in its' document on the relationship of the Church in the "modern" world, reflect the understanding of the early Church:
"The truth is that only in the mystery of the incarnate Word does the mystery of man take on light. For Adam, the first man, was a figure of Him Who was to come, namely Christ the Lord. Christ, the final Adam, by the revelation of the mystery of the Father and His love, fully reveals man to man himself and makes his supreme calling clear."
We see, in the humanity of Jesus, who we are to become and how we are to live.
In this letter Pope Benedict addresses economic challenges presented by globalism. He calls for the application of social and economic ordering principles the Church has long proposed, such as "subsidiarity", within these new contexts.
He reminds us this is a principle of "inalienable human freedom. Subsidiarity is first and foremost a form of assistance to the human person via the autonomy of intermediate bodies. Such assistance is offered when individuals or groups are unable to accomplish something on their own, and it is always designed to achieve their emancipation, because it fosters freedom and participation through assumption of responsibility."
He continues, "Subsidiarity respects personal dignity by recognizing in the person a subject who is always capable of giving something to others. By considering reciprocity as the heart of what it is to be a human being, subsidiarity is the most effective antidote against any form of all-encompassing welfare state." (#57)
The Pope asserts the inextricable link between this principle of subsidiarity and the principle of solidarity which affirms that we really are our brother's (and sister's) keeper.
When this Encyclical was released the early responders attempted to read it through the prism of political categories such as "left" and "right", "liberal" and conservative". The wrangling reminded me of the line in the Wizard of Oz when Dorothy is asked by Belinda "Are you a good witch or a bad witch" to which she responds, "Why I am not a witch at all".
The incessant efforts to characterize the principles offered in this brilliant letter as "for or against capitalism" when it does not even use the word "capitalism", missed the directions offered within it to proceed with a proper approach to development.
This letter, like the miracle of the loaves, invites us into a way of living which begins in, proceeds through and reveals our human vocation to live in relationship. We are by grace and nature called to communion with God and, in Him, to communion with one another. That should change everything, including how we relate to the goods of the earth and how we share those goods with one another.
Pope Benedict XVI calls for an approach to economic development which reflects the primacy of the person, the family, our obligations to one another and our special call to love the poor. He points to another way, the way of gift, love, participation and communion.
He helps to unpack the meaning of the Gospel story, inviting us to build an economy of gift and communion. The Gospel account is not only about a miracle which occurred in that "lonely place", but about the miracle which can occur in every "lonely place", including the place in time in which we now find ourselves.
In the synoptic accounts Jesus instructs the disciples "You give them something to eat" (See, Matt. 14, Mark 6, and Luke 9), the invitation to move beyond a mentality of economism and scarcity into a new way of living, with and for one another.
When they gave what they had, placing it in the hands of the Master, He multiplied and mediated their gift and the economy of gift and communion was manifested.
Not only were all fed but "the fragments" left over filled twelve baskets. The number twelve reflects the twelve tribes of Israel and the Twelve Apostles, the living stones of the New Israel, the Church. There will always be enough if we recover our true humanism and learn to live together in love.
St. John the theologian uses the little boy to demonstrate the condition of the heart required. (John 6) As a child, he held nothing back. He simply gave what he had. Will we? Gather the Fragments, live the miracle, build an economy of gift and communion.
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1 year ago
"ideological rejection of God and atheism of indifference, oblivious to the Creator and at risk of becoming equally oblivious to human values...." This quote seems all to familiar with our enviormental public policy. The Chesapeake Bay TMDL Plan establishes a community value system that ignores acknowledgement of the Creator, that defines pollution as "man altered... water", a standard that ultimately condemns all utliization of the natural resources by humanity, and establishes a superority standard that places humanity in a subordinate order of priority to the wild creation.
1 year ago
It is sad that Catholic democrats seem to be hostile towards the Catholic principle of subsidiarity. I have always loved it and thought it reminded me of our Founding Fathers. We have an administration in Washington today which, if it knows about this Catholic principle, shows no desire to consider applying it. We can see the results. Our economy is heading towards a Greek-like collapse as we, inexplicably, seem to prefer Third World basket case socialist policies. The results: higher unemployment and poverty, and lower incomes and wealth. God alone knows our hearts but in my opinion much of the support for this administration's brutal Third World socialist policies are based on convincing as many Americans as possible to break God's Commandments against covetousness and stealing. We are supposed to think it is the "evil" wealthy who are causing this horrible economic mess. Personally, I need the wealthy do be doing better, not worse. And I need for there to be more wealthy people, not fewer. I need for businesses, small and large, to be doing better, not worse. I am on the lower half of the economic ladder and am losing my job soon. The Catholic democrats who blame "evil" wealthy people will not hire me. The able-bodied adults getting paid with my money to stay at home and watch TV will not hire me. I am not surprised Catholic democrats and their "social justice" policies are such a disaster. After all, the candidate Catholic democrats voted for, who is implementing these policies, also thinks it should be legal to kill girls and boys outside of their mom's womb just after they have survived the attempt to kill them in their mom's womb.He is also waging his immoral war against the Church with his "health care" plan. And he has attacked the institution of marriage as God defines it.
1 year ago
Catholic Social Doctrine does indeed place great importance on subsidiarity and solidarity. How are those of us who have the necessities of life in solidarity with the poor? When a Catholic couple lives in a 12,000 square foot house and neighbors do not have enough to eat where is solidarity? There is a great need to understand and develop economies that flow from all the Catholic social principles including the principle of universal destination of goods.
The principle of universal destination of goods is an unknown principle to the vast majority of Catholics. I have asked in many Catholic gatherings if anyone could tell me what the universal destination of goods meant. So far no one has been able to accurately describe the principle of universal destination of goods.
In article 171 and 172 of the Compendium of Catholic Social Doctrine there is a good description of the principle and some of the implications. Here are three excerpts from those two articles.
"Along the numerous implications of the common good, immediate significance is taken on by the principle of the universal destination of goods: "God destined the earth and all it contains for all men and all peoples so that all created things would be shared fairly by all mankind under the guidance of justice tempered by charity"
"The universal right to use the goods of the earth is based on the principle of the universal destination of goods. Each person must have access to the level of well-being necessary for his full development. The right to the common use of goods is the "first principle of the whole ethical and social order" [363] and "the characteristic principle of Christian social doctrine"
"All other rights, whatever they are, including property rights and the right of free trade must be subordinated to this norm [the universal destination of goods]; they must not hinder it, but must rather expedite its application."
The building of an economy of gift and communion must be based on the distribution of created goods guided by justice tempered by charity. -
1 year ago
Thank you for this beautiful article! I am one of the 860 entrepreneurs worldwide who are part of The Economy of Communion in Freedom network of companies that are present in over 50 countries. Perhaps what we should emphasize here is that this 'idea' of economic communion, which was first really brought about by Chiara Lubich, founder of the Catholic-based Focolare Movement, some 21 years ago when she visited her community in Brazil, is a small and growing but real economic reality. The EoC made a major presentation at the United Nations in February of 2012 on its model for alleviating poverty and encouraging self-sustainability. Since 1991, tens of thousands of people in need have been a part of this new model.
For more information on the EoC, go to www.edc-online.org.
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BADLAND is an award-winning atmospheric sidescrolling action adventure platformer taking place in a gorgeous forest full of various inhabitants, trees and flowers. Although the forest looks like it's from some beautiful fairytale, there seems to be something terribly wrong. The player controls one of the forest's inhabitants to discover what's going on. Through his journey he discovers astonishing amount of imaginative traps and obstacles.
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Excellent, challenging game.
Badland is an excellent game that poses a good bit of challenge. It has a puzzle component that makes it sometimes require a bit of thought, but not overmuch to make it unfun.
The challenges sometimes require very precise control, and can be very frustrating, as if you miss one small piece in the beginning, the entire puzzle is ruined. I won't rank it down for this, though, because the developers provided a way to skip the most difficult sections if they're too hard.
The only reason it doesn't get five stars is that sometimes, it can be very hard to see what's going on. The level elements are completely black (with a few exceptions), and the backgrounds tend to be very dark. This helps to establish a visual mood for the game, but can be frustrating at times, when you can't see the piece that has a potential to kill you.
And I feel bad for how many clones I had to sacrifice. There is no way to save them all. 8(
All told, the game is tremendous fun, and I can't wait for Day III.
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This was one of the most original, fun, creative and stunning games I have ever played in the AppStore. The graphics are gorgeous, the execution of each level is challenging and engaging. Best experience for sure in recent months as far mobile gaming AND the most refreshing due to its innovative design. I was really impressed and enjoyed every second of gameplay, no issues whatsoever. Hope you bring an update soon with more levels (80 weren't enough for me, but that's not a complaint - I just can't get enough of this game). Thank you for an amazing experience! To everyone out there: you will not be disappointed to get this game, it's freakin' awesome!!!
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Saturday, November 05, 2005
Insane Retirement Planning Idea
This latest one I hatched is about way to retire for people that have not been lucky enough to accumulate a large enough nest egg for an ideal retirement. Several assumptions are made with this idea and I realize this.
Last summer my wife and I went to Juneau, Alaska. We loved the scenery, the hiking and the food. Alaska has a social program that I believe is unique. In 1982 the state of Alaska began to pay a dividend to residents out of something called the Permanent Fund. You can click here for details but the basics are the fund is funded with oil money which is then managed in the capital markets. The amount of the dividend can fluctuate. This year's dividend was payable in October and was $845 for qualified residents. The dividend has gone down for the last five years. The all time high payout was $1963 back in 2000. $845 is the lowest dividend since 1988. The reduced dividends of late were attributed to stock market losses.
I think this dividend could be incorporated into retirement planning in the right circumstance. Over the last ten years the average dividend has been $1396 per person. Relative to our fixed monthly expenses (no mortgage or car payments), $1396 in today's dollars is a lot of money. For a retired couple that only has to pay for insurance bills, utilities and groceries it is possible that $1396 could cover the month. Two people, two months covered. Two months out of twelve is significant. Clearly this is only for a modest lifestyle.
I should note that there is no state income tax in Alaska and the first $150,000 of assessed value is exempt from property tax for people 65 and older.
What about the winter someone might ask? Southeast Alaska (the area near Juneau) does not have as much snow or as much darkness (but there is still plenty of both) as the rest of the state. However, as I read the requirements you can be out of state up to 180 days per year. So three or four months in the desert or Florida or somewhere else and you avoid winter's bite.
Here is how some numbers might play out. A quick reminder is that is an idea, as I intended it, for people of modest means who don't spend a lot. Real estate in Alaska is cheaper than most parts of the country. I think it would be realistic to sell a home for $350,000 in many parts of the country, buy a modest house or condo in Alaska for $185,000- $200,000 and a condo in some parts of Florida or the desert with the balance. So maybe eight months in Alaska and four months in some place warmer. There are alternatives to buying a winter condo. For example, in Arizona, there are seasonal jobs in the tourism industry where accommodations are provided. I'm sure there are other similar opportunities too.
I think it might be reasonable to think that the type of person I have in mind for this, long career, decent income, diligent saver, might have $300,000 in a 401k account and maybe $50,000 liquid in a taxable account. These numbers are not run of the mill but they are not impossible either. Invested properly a 5% income need should not deplete an account. So $350,000 might generate $17,500. Of course, not buying a winter condo could leave a portfolio of $500,000 which could generate $25,000 a year.
There is more and more consensus that being retired no longer means not working at all. More and more retirees will work one way or another. There are numerous health and emotional benefits to working part time after traditional retirement. This could involve consulting, writing, eBay (or other internet venture) or just something you love (my wife's uncle was offered a job with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim working at the stadium for about $10 an hour which he almost took). It would not take much effort or time to make $500-1000 per month working 10-15 hours per week. If both partners in the couple do this, there is another $10,000-$20,000 per year.
So lets see where this couple stands now in relation to their expenses;
$2792 Permanent fund dividend
$17500 Portfolio Income
$15000 Income from part time work
$35392 Total
One other element might be social security. I don't think it makes sense to rely on social security as we now know it. I do not think it will ever disappear either, more likely might be a reduced benefit. Instead of each spouse getting $1000 per month perhaps it makes sense to think about $500 per month per spouse. That adds another $12000 annually which takes the income up to $47392. While the $1400 in monthly expense seems silly to me, $2500 (in today's dollars) plus a little money for traveling may not be. $30,000 in expenses compared to $47000 income seems comfortable to me.
In this example the Permanent Fund contribute close to 10% of a reasonable income need. It makes sense to me that the dividend could increase in the future because of higher oil prices and less volatility in the stock market.
There are some flaws here to be sure. The permanent fund could pay out more or less at any time. The fund could theoretically go bust. You'd have to love the great outdoors of Alaska which is not for most people. While we love it up there a friend recently visited Alaska and while he and his family had fun it was not the be all end all destination.
The point here is not that everyone should move to Alaska. The big picture here is that many of us may need to use some ingenuity to have a financially stable retirement. If stock market returns are below normal and social security is compromised and health costs go way up there will be less people able retire to the country club.
I do not think people can rely on planners or other professionals to think outside the lines on this sort of thing. This ties into one of the themes of this blog which is do-it-yourselfers being more empowered to make better decisions about investing and planning thanks to new investment products and access to different types of information thanks to the internet.
While you may or may not think this idea is insane, as the title to this post implies, it is outside the lines to be sure. If you have a unique idea along these lines I'd love to hear about it.
7 comments:
- shrink rap said...
Not to ignore your interesting idea but "stock market losses in 2003"? Maybe Alaska should fire their IM and hire you!
- Roger Nusbaum said...
i thought that was odd too.
- Anonymous said...
I've been to Alaska. Nice place, good people, damn expensive.
- Anonymous said...
Roger - I remember a while back that there was a developing trend for Americans to retire to certain areas of Mexico and Costa Rica. Is this still going on? Have you ever looked into it?
- Roger Nusbaum said...
Costa Rica and Mexico are absolutely still retirement destination. Both do a lot to try to make it compelling for American.
To say I've looked into it is probably an exagerration but I hav read a few articles over the years. I'm sure Money or Kiplingers or Smart Money will do something on it in the next year. - 11:07 AM
- Anonymous said...
The dividend is based on a formula that averages realized earnings from investments over the past five years. See:
Since these earnings are divided by the eligible recipients, who will keep increasing, it is not realistic to expect the dollar amount to equal the optimistic figures mentioned in the post. - 7:28 PM
- Roger Nusbaum said...
thank you for the dividend detail!


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UNO is establishing a basketball recruiting connection with New Mexico Junior College.
Thunderbirds coach James Miller said Friday that Devin Patterson, a 5-foot-11 point guard with three years of eligibility remaining, committed to a scholarship offer and will sign a national letter of intent with the Mavericks on Monday.
He'll join Alex Phillips, a wing who transferred last year from New Mexico JC to the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Phillips became a starter early in the season, and finished fifth on the team in scoring (8.2 points per game), third in 3-point percentage (.375) and was one of the Mavs' top perimeter defenders.
"It definitely doesn't hurt that Alex has had a good experience there," Miller said. "That helped Devin feel comfortable about it. They were here together for a couple of weeks last summer."
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Miller said Patterson averaged 6.0 points, 2.5 assists and 1.5 steals while shooting 40 percent from the field and 70 percent from the foul line last season as the backup point guard behind Rob Turner.
"He's a very good defender, extremely quick, and a good shooter from 3," Miller said. "He was really, really good the last month of the season and definitely would have been our starter this year."
Turner is being recruited by Atlantic 10 and Horizon League schools, Miller said, with Texas Tech and Minnesota beginning to show late interest.
Patterson had offers from North Carolina Central, Cal State-Bakersfield and several others, Miller said.
"A lot of that has to do with the fact that not many knew he could leave (and be eligible to play in Division I) after one year," Miller said. "Omaha did its homework and knew about it."
The coach said Campbell of the Big South had offered a scholarship to the Portsmouth, Va., native out of high school, but pulled it back before Patterson qualified.
"Devin is a good player, and his chance to shine would have been next year, but at the same time it was really in his best interest to go to Omaha where he has a chance to compete right away and have a good three-year career for them," Miller said.
UNO was 11-20 last season and went 6-10 for sixth place in its first year in the Summit League.
The Mavs signed two players in the fall: wing Nick Billingsley of Omaha Central and forward Rylan Murry of West Branch, Iowa. They will have one scholarship available for next season after Patterson signs.
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Why is she so reluctant to talk to me, converse with me and allow us to act like grown ups? 19 years being best friends to each other and she can't even talk to me anymore. It wasn't me that cheated and left. She did.
My ego is boosted and I now know that I am a catch. I deserve better ...
It is kind of a shame that it took attention from these two date partners, to convince you of this. It is a mistake to place our value into the hands of others, any others.
I know what you mean. I knew I was a catch whilst I was happily married but the revelation of the affair and the subsequent lies and marital re-write by the WS makes it easy to doubt that belief.
I was purely 'reminded' that I am a catch. I can now be confident of this.
That's what I meant
But, for now- the mediation-expensive or not is progress.
What I do know is that STBXWW has more anger for me than I do for her
I imagine she sees the following as good reasons to hate me: 1) I discovered the affair much sooner than she expected 2) I accessed her work email and uncovered every dirty little email they ever sent to each other. 3) The circumstances of the discovery and my return to the family home resulted in her abondoning the home so I now have it. 4) I filed for D straight away 5) I can afford to buy it off her on my own as it is not worth as much as she thinks 6) I put her POS on the floor and humiliated them both. 7)The Police have not arrested me or even cautioned me. 8) She has been called out on her lies by my solicitor. 9) She has been forced to provide consent for the 10 day French holiday. 10) I am fighting much harder than she thought I would for contact with my children. 11) She ridicules me for having my friends and this forum as a support network. (She doesn't know which forum). It makes her cross that people have sided with me.
Basically, you name it she finds a reason
It is so unfair and you do not deserve any of this. I'm so sorry...thinking of you.
Major respect to you for going totally balls of iron and taking her on to protect your boys. Well done!
I think your list is spot on AAS.
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I've been reading/following your situation for a whole and why it is terribly sad that this has occurred, I have a query: Throughout, you have painted a picture of you having a pretty good, stable married and family life...only it contravenes almost in a polar-opposite-esque way of what you wife considered it to be. I'm confused as to how/why you could not see certain cracks/signs/problems in your marriage that she obviously could see and decided to leave you...such a massive discrepancy between two people's opinions. Was there nothing that was going on that even now, you look back and think, "Yeah, I can see things happened that probably built up to the point where she looked around for something else"?
Or, is it a case of this OM totally rocks her world like never before?
[This message edited by RichieBlue46 at 7:38 AM, July 16th (Tuesday)]
I have spent many a sleepless night scrutinising every criticism she's made about the marriage. Any points that she has made which have some truth in them have been exaggerated beyond belief and most of that is several years out of date. I can honestly say that we had a wonderful friendship and marriage and we got on great. I do know that she had never worked with a young, dynamic assertive alpha male before who was good at his job and her type. I honestly think there was a perfect storm which coincided with an increase in workload. Swept away.
I'm confident that the marriage was good.
[This message edited by allatsea at 9:52 AM, July 16th (Tuesday)]
The other thing to remember is that she didn't actually have an affair becuase she was unhappy in the marriage. You have made the assumption that affairs are a symptom of a bad marriage. She chose to have an affair because she wanted to. Nothing more and nothing less. The marital rewrite happened afterward. Text book behaviour.
Me too, me too, me too. Down to the dynamic assertive male at work. Down to the total martial rewrite (notwithstanding the usual normal marital problems).
Here is an interesting revelation I had over the weekend as I pondered the details of her rewrite: every single example she has come up with of my shortcomings, or incidents that made her angry with me, all share one common element--me saying "No" to her. They were/all manifestations of her not getting what she wanted, which was very rare indeed, since I catered to her every whim, and did literally everything for her. I treated her like a princess. And I did so with pleasure, since I loved her so much.
Now it all makes sense. She is angry with me because in my divorcing her, it is the ultimate form of "NO!"
Can you relate?
It was all about his issues.
Allatsea and Abbondad I want to commend you both for how you behaved and wish you much future happiness.
[This message edited by catlover50 at 3:16 PM, July 16th (Tuesday)]
In my case (to make this more concrete), I had a pretty idealized sense of my WH. Sure I saw weaknesses, but, hey, no one's perfect. I interpreted his weaknesses in the most positive light. Now that I look at it more skeptically, I interpret these as more malign, and I also get a bit angry about ways that I allowed myself to accept less than I should have.
This is relevant to AAS in the sense that he may want to look back on his marriage and see emergent signs of the sociopath she is now. His story is currently "everything was fine until this f***** POS bastard came along". But truly, this monster was inside his wife all along.
I guess the next question is -- what good does it do for him to look at his marriage in this light? Is it too early and are his feelings too raw for him to be re-assessing things? The poor guy's got enough crap to deal with. The stress and pain has to be killing him.
This is for him to ponder. I do know, in my case, it was helpful to re-write the marriage in a more realistic way, and to recognize my own part in it. (I'm not blaming myself for his A one teensy tiny bit -- I never have. But I do see how I papered over his personality weaknesses -- not that I could have done anything about it -- and could have been more assertive about some things myself.) I think it might be healthy for AAS to see his WW in a more realistic way, and start transferring his anger from the OM to her. I still sense a bit of a pissing match going on between him and the OM. (That seems to be a pretty common thing among male BSs, though.)
I mean all of this kindly. I have nothing but respect for the truly awesome way that AAS has handled all of this, and I hope none of this is taken as criticism or anything he could have done differently or better. We're, all of us, only human. And who EVER thought we'd be living this crazy nightmare?
I do know that she had never worked with a young, dynamic assertive alpha male before who was good at his job and her type. I honestly think there was a perfect storm which coincided with an increase in workload. Swept away. The other thing to remember is that she didn't actually have an affair becuase she was unhappy in the marriage. You have made the assumption that affairs are a symptom of a bad marriage. She chose to have an affair because she wanted to. Nothing more and nothing less. The marital rewrite happened afterward. Text book behaviour.
This makes your situation even worse. Wow.
I mean, I look back past when my wife wanted a separation (and immediately paved the way for her OM) - my 8-year marriage was pretty 'toxic' - almost from the 6-month mark: arguments, fights, verbal, mental and emotional abuse from each other...but we were so closely-bonded as 'soul-mates' we carried it on. We actually are on speaking terms now, and we both agree that a) how did we ever manage to keep it going and b) did we actually, ever truly love each other? (The latter is very painful to accept). My wife's OM - its not hard to see why she had her head-turned: single, firefighter, physically 'well-built' and to be honest, contrary to what I thought all along, seems a nice guy afterall. No competition given what an idiot I was so for so long...just coasting along liking the idea of a house, attractive wife and 2 kids
There's a part of me...no matter how painful, that says "let her go to him - she deserves better than what I gave her and what I am to her"
But your situation sounds just crazy and horrible. To have someone you thought was your true love and had a wonderful marriage and life with...just up and leave for another guy and then try and crush you...something not right there.
The key now is to focus on your future.
Stop trying to understand your wife.
She is a selfish person. As selfish as they come.
There is no doubt in my mind that your future is looking brighter without her.
And I always say "Revenge is a life worth living".
Go show her every day what she is missing.
Enjoy your vacation with your children.