Rob #9 - Don't Stop Believin'

[Rob1231]

Thanks for stopping by, SD and HS. (SD, I'll swing by your thread later.)

Things are better today with D15. W went out with a gal friend last night, so I waited until D15 was turning in, then went in and got her to relax and talk to me for a long time. Realized that a lot of the problem is she hasn't been straight with us about what's going on inside her head - for example, many actions that seemed random and thoughtless actually DID have lot of late-night agonizing put into them, but since she shared none of it, this came off to W and I as flip and insensitive. After we talked, I think D15 and I understood each other's thoughts and feelings about all of this much better.

Next up: I made W and D15 both promise to sit down and have a calm heart-to-heart talk this weekend and clear the air. They've been in "instant escalation mode" lately, gotta get them to stop that for ALL of our sanities! Planning to referee this a bit by laying some ground rules (probably will use the ol' Talking Stick approach) and then head for the hills for a couple of hours.