Isn't it funny what importance those rings take on? I keep waiting for H to not be wearing his; I find myself glancing at his hand every time I see him just to see if it's there. So far, he still wears it, although he's mentioned that some of the people he knows have asked him why. (These are the same people who suggested that maybe the reason I have asked H a couple times about an OW is that I am having an A myself! I don't think they have a clue about what this all means.)

I mentioned to H that for S2's birthday, it might be a nice gift to take S2 and a friend or two to an amusement park a couple hours away from here. I suggested that we could all go -- that S2 might like that -- and H's first response about traveling down and back with me was "well, that's not going to happen!" He's so paranoid about appearing to "soften" on his stand!

I was proud of me, though, b/c I just calmly said, "OK" and suggested that I could take S2 during the week when H couldn't go and so avoid H having to tell S2 no. I know -- in some ways I was protecting him, but on the other hand, I think that accepting his response made him relax a bit. He said "Let me think about it; maybe we could work it out" after that. Maybe I'm learning how to be more calm and less threatening? \:o

Whoo boy, that's enough. I'm off to work today and then taking S2 to see his C. S2's excited to go, but he keeps hoping that his day will be bad so he can really get angry while at the C's office. Oh well, at least we're getting our money's worth out of this...

Cheers and hope you have a good day today.
I'm sending out warm thoughts and hugs --
Anne

Me: 45
WAH: 46
Married: 23 yrs; together: 28 yrs (if this year's included)
S1: 17
S2: 13
Bomb w/ H walking out: 1/10/07