I came back to check my post (and read some others in this topic), and my response is not totally clear again, so let me clarify it.

My huge drop in income was temporary, about 6 months before I was working full time again. The other day, she threw it in my face again, like I had just taken off and laid around the house. I didn't bother to dispute her recollection. It was like she was in denial that I had been in the hospital a week and barely able to get out of bed for another month.

My second point of clarification is the when she finally does get warmed up to ML, it goes on for at least an hour. But then she goes back to being unaffectionate, and making snide remarks, as if she feels remorse for giving in. That's why it seems to me like an almost concious effort to be LD. Does that make any sense to any of you women?