Let me clarify, I was saying that you standing up for yourself recently, as long as you do it in a calm manner, is a great thing for you to do. Like you said, it's working.
It's when you open up to your W and tell her how you feel that she pulls away. Stop doing so much of that. If she asks, say something like, "You know how I feel about us, that we could have a wonderful M. However, until you decide to commit to giving your best to our R, I'm going to have to ask you to respect my feelings and STOP JERKING ME AROUND [you may need to paraphrase that last part]. In the meantime, I will work with you as hard as I can so that we can be the best parents we can be to our son.
FWIW
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Me: 36 W: 35 2 D: 9 and 5 T: 16 years M: 12 10/4/06: Bomb 10/5/06: Ended A 4/22/07: ILYBNILWY