Well, I am moved back in after 2 years and 4 months. She it just sort of happened. I weaved my way back into her life after some plain talk and DBing. I also got her back by just demanding that she respect me as much as I do her, but gently. And showing her what she was missing helped as well!

BUT...

She has not severed ties with someone. I do not know who this someone is. I do know that after about the third week of me staying over night (I had not actually moved back in yet but had been staying there and keeping my apartment, just in case)she suddenly had this new leather bracelet which reads "Live In Love."

When I asked her (nicely and cheerfully) where she got it she told me that it was from her students. She is a music teacher and had kids from Kindergarten to 4th grade. I knew that she was lying. And I got my confirmation on that when I found a pic of herself on her phone with this sly sexy look on her face holding up the bracelet on her wrist to show whoever she was showing it to. This pic was taken 9/29 and it's still on her phone. She wears this bracelet daily and to bed.

I was basically able to ignore it until I found out the accompanying picture which was obviously to show whoever sent it to her that she got it and was wearing it.

Now, I basically think that the reasons for her waering it are these:

1. She doesn't want to completely give up her "freedom" and shut the door on anything outside of us because it is still too early to tell if we're actually back together for good.

2. She wants to test me to see if I will do something or say something about it, thinking that I may go back to my old ways and be a jerk about it, or demand that she lose it or take it off.

Now, here is how I am trying to look at it:

1. SCREW HIM! If he thinks that this is enough to keep her around he forgets that I live with her, sleep in bed with her nightly, eat with her, take care of out kids with her and have GREAT sex with her.

2. If I ignore it, it will eventually go away. And I WILL WIN!

But I still can't help but really want to just tell her to take it the hell off! UGH!

This is difficult.

Any advice for the man who really wants this to work?