(((((( ))))) or {{{{{{ }}}}}} = hugs! 180 = Another Technique In DB 4Cs - Cool, Calm, Collected and Confident ACOA = Adult Child of an Alcoholic ADDY = Address: Email, Snail Mail, Home, Office AOBM = Alien on Break Moment AOM = Almost Other Man AOS = Acts of Service APT = Apartment ATTY = Attorney AWGTCHM = Michele's book, A Woman's Guide to Changing Her Man BB = Bulletin Board Big D = Divorce BIL = Brother-in-law BTO = Big time operator BTW = By The Way D = Divorce Or Daughter DB = Divorce Busting (Techniques and book by Michele) DB'ers = Divorce Busters (People At This Site) DB'n = Divorce Busting (the technique) Dbing = Divorce Busting (the technique) DD = Darling Daughter DH = Dear Husband or Deadbeat Husband DITHL = deer in the headlights DR = "The Divorce Remedy" (Techniques and book by Michele) EA = Emotional affair EOM = Emotional Other Many F2F = Face to Face FAQ = Frequently Answered Questions FN forum = For Newcomers forum FOO = Family Of Origin FWIW = For What Its Worth FYI = For Your Information GAL = Get A Life (aka "Make Yourself Happy For A Change") Going Dark = no contact. GH = Ghost Husband (Not Really Here Any More) GW = Ghost Wife (Not Really Here Any More) H = Husband HD = High Desire HEA = Happily Ever After HOM = Hold Onto Myself HP = His or her place HTH = Hope This Helped HW = Home-Wrecker IAE = In Any Event IC = Individual Counselor (or counselling) ICQ = A chat system which stands for, "I seek you". ILY = I Love You ILYBNILWY = I love you but not in love with you IM = Instant Message IMHO = In My Humble Opinion INS Forum = I Need Support Forum IOW = In Other Words KLA = Michele's Keeping Love Alive audio program KLA forum = Keeping Love Alive Discussion Group forum KWIM = Know what I mean LBS = Left Behind Spouse LD = Low Desire LDEA long distance emotional affair LF = Lady Friend LL = Love Languages LMAO = Laughing My A$$ Off LOL = Laughing Out Loud LR = Last Resort (technique in DB) LRT = Last Resort Technique (What to do when all else fails)Explained in detail on page 177 in Michele's "Divorce Busting" book MF = Man Friend MFC = Messenger 1st Class MIL = Mother-in-law ML = Making Love MLC = Midlife Crisis MP = My Place NML = No man's land M/V = From the book, Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus NPA = Not particularly attractive NRG = Energy OEA = Online Emotional Affair OG = Other Guy OM = Other man OOM = Online Other Man OOW = Online Other Women OP = Other Person OR = Our Relationship OW, Ow = Other Woman PA = Physical Affair PMA = Positive Mental Attitude POV = Point Of View PT = Physical Touch PTSD = Post-traumatic stress disorder QT = Quality Time R = Relationship RBTL = Read Between The Lines RIR = Room I Rent ROFL = Rolls On Floor Laughing S = Son SAFE = Stay Away From Ex SAM = silly alien monkey SBT = Solution-oriented Brief Therapy (kind of therapy Michele does) SIL = Sister-in-law SIT or SITCH = Situation SITD = Still In The Dark SO = Significant Other SL = Sex Life SOB = Son of a Bitch SSW = Sisterhood of Separate Women (variations could be SDW, SSM, SDM, etc.) STBW - Soon to be wife STBX = Soon To Be EX STBXOM = Soon to be ex-other man (or guy) STBXOW = Soon to be ex-other women TMI = Too much information UCL = Unconditional Love W = Wife w/ = With WAS = Walk Away Spouse WAW = Walk Away Wife (a syndrome Michele explains in her article on this site) WB = Write Back WOA = Words of Affirmation WP = Warrior Princess WTF = What the…, Why the…, When the…, Where the…, WTG = Way To Go _________________________
TPS Me: 44 H: 42 M14 T17 S10 D7 10/10 H moves out after death of his father-same month 21/04/12 H is 'DONE' 04/05/12 OW/PA confirmed (rumors from 2010) July '14 H ends affair May '15 H moves back home
Me 53 XW 50 M 18 Years +2 S14 D19 Bomb 10-24-10 Served 1-27-11 Mediate 4-21-11 Civil D Final 6-2-11 No church anullment "A man is not finished when he is defeated, he is finished when he quits."
