I'd move this all to off-topic, but jeez... it's just too good. What a
drama.
Gutsy of you to revive the thread, Richard, knowing that it's easy for guys to offer a lot of ballsy advice from the safe shadows of their keyboards (with their wives in the other room). But the writing on this one
did seem to be on the wall right from when the ring thing started. And even now, the way you describe wanting to pay whatever it takes to end the conflict strikes me as a little, well, weird, frankly. It seems like a continuation of the same basic drama that took place a lot in this relationship, and maybe in other parts of your life as well.
Here's my 911-related advice on it: you're never going to
finish that widebody 3.6 project if you don't learn to sort your needs and wants from those of the people you're involved with. Some time with a therapist might be more sensible, economically speaking, than those $300-and-change attorneys. Whatever the details and intricacies of the relationship, this woman got a lot of your time and money from you. You need to figure out how to keep that whole drama from repeating itself, or 82SC is going to have a turbo-look monster on the road before you do.
