Me? UK Brit Cit, married to same in 2002, in Thailand.Both hold jobs on freeze in the UK, jointly own one house together, no children.

Started finding relationship problems,became severley depressed and he, fuelled by alcohol and drugs, occasionally turned frightening and became physically violent.

 In a last bid attempt to resolve all matters, both went on career break together on travelling trip around the east. Relationship took a turn for the worst and in one poor remote country he dragged me out of the vehicle by my ankles and threw me to the floor twice before temporarily leaving me

How would I summarise my relationship with my (ex)Wife without it sounding clichéd?

She was my lover, the woman who had born our children - I still vividly remember skipping across the hospital car park with the sun dawning and the bird chorus just starting, so happy with the world, in love with my wonderful wife, joyous at the birth of my son.  So too, can I remember the passion with which I told her I loved her dearly and how I wanted to be with her always.  Every night that I shared a bed with her, irrespective of whether she was asleep or awake or if we had quarrelled or made love, I would

have been reading a few blogs and it seems the the time line between hero and zero is very short if you are the man?

How is that one day you can be everything to to everyone the following day something the cat dragged in?

My answer ......... the other half!

This is the person that you sold your soul to on the wedding day, would be willing to take a bullet for, the person you thought was your soul mate for ever, the one you hugged when they cried and the one who hugged you.

So what makes them change? I don't know but they do. I have had mine telling my daughter the reason SKY doesn't work is