i didn't have any preference on the gender of the kid, so i'm totally open on that! i'm so glad that works well with what you were thinking. the idea that maybe him being there mixed with maybe a little bit of resentment on her part that his dreams came true while she had to settle for second best on hers has been twirling about in my head and while i don't think she'd let that resentment show just all the time, i feel like when things were coming to a boil that since he made it clear he was married to the viola first, she made it clear that resentment? i'm kind of flying by the seat of my pants as ideas just come to me. though i do think that probably for a long time she thoroughly enjoyed when he was home and having that dynamic of a great dad and great husband but toward the end, everything probably just spiraled out and she felt like she couldn't get it back into this perfect little routine so thus the giving up and the inevitable divorce. just to make sure i understand, were you looking for them to have been together for five to six years and divorced recently or having divorced years ago? should i make you an ooc custom to discuss this further?