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think that mAkice was shocked when IG finally realized that he was never gonna escape the constant cycle of insults and abuse, her spiraling alcoholism with who knows what else and that his efforts to do so for his children’s sake wasn’t helping as the children, in Big E’s case, were following her lead. No amount of affairs or drinking could hide his reality (& I suspect he DID do these things especially in early days as a coping means- they didn’t marry for a long time - I think they both probably played that dramatic game in their early years after all they started their relationship behind Oliver’s back). I think he finally realized he needed to sober up - not just from alcohol but the myth of their existence as a family she tried to force upon them -
living beyond their means, with housekeepers and Nannie’s (for school age children when mAlice was a stay home mother !!), and pretending that mAlice’s outbursts and constant drama were just quirky wife moods or part of her “ailments”. He tried to get her to get healthy, get counseling and all he could before leaving. I honestly imagine his heart wasn’t in it but for his daughters sake he probably did it. And mAlice mocked him and gave it no effort. On SM she has made it
clear, compromise is not in her vocabulary. Remember her email/text demanding Ioan move into garage? She for sure wanted them to stay married for benefit of her social media appearance - Ioan trapped in garage and only allowed to leave to make money for overpriced schools for her babeez and a caretaker to pull mAlice off floor every morning and do all the cooking and cleaning.