Layla123 said:
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I don’t find myself identifying with C.W., at all, in any of those videos. That was his wife and family. I see SW trying so hard to create a happy life for all of them, every single day, and I see him going through the motions. I feel sorry for her. With her zest for life, it must have been very disappointing to have to deal with lump on a log, C.W., day in and day out. If he didn’t like her and the things she liked, why did he marry her? Why would he want trample on her dreams like that.
@Layla123, I respect your views of CW and SW and I understand your post comes from a good place and I am not criticizing SW. Maybe CW goes through the motions as you suggest because he feels defeated in the marriage and maybe he thinks through SW's eyes that he can do nothing right. Maybe he senses SW's disappointment in him. Maybe he doesn't want to be part of the life that SW was creating with Thrive. Thrive came many years after they were married and with Thrive maybe SW gained new found skills, aspirations and goals as you say and perhaps CW did not share in those goals and aspirations. Maybe that is the disconnect between them.
In no way does any of what I post justify what happened. I am simply trying to understand how something like this could have happened.