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Having a chili cookoff would probably not be good for the future relationship, but it's a fun idea.

I grew up with horses--they represent work for me.

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Yeah... she brought one of the horses into the M. The other one we bred to get.

I promised her I would never ask her to give up her horses. I'm a man of my word and I haven't yet.

She's decided to sell the oldest and keep the youngest. Not sure when.. should be soon though.

Hilarious.. she called and told me that she borrowed money from her mother. She's bummed because she's out of her wellbutrin and can't afford to refill.

But wait.. she gets paid tomorrow... I mean Direct Deposit into the account tomorrow.

That's why she'll have money problems.. forrest for the trees.



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jh,

Ok your W is way beyond messed up... Wth does she care what your doing? esepcially since she's the one having the A!!
no more small talk!! Just about the kids thats it, she needs to feel what its like to be treated the way you've been treated.

Im not trying to be mean, but enough is enough.. She's really messing with you. Reeling you in and then sending an email like that.

Be strong!

tal


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Thanks again all.

No real update. Called and talked to D's last night and kept the conversation very short with W. Didn't seem to phase her.

Today.. no call while taking D5 to school.

I get to see my friend tonight, so that will be nice.

Sometimes I feel like W is better at going dark than I am.



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She is just messing with you--trying to alter your behavior and re-establish the earlier pattern (get you to pursue).

Go meet your friend and have a good time. It will be much better than wondering what W is thinking/doing.

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Quote:
Sometimes I feel like W is better at going dark than I am.


Yes!!! I know that feeling.

Have fun tonight. You deserve a nice distraction.

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You go out and have a good time bro, I'll take your firewatch.


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Hey Jar,

Have a great night.
If you have not yet, ya got to get the NMMNG book. It helps with the going dark kind of. What you have is a "behavior" problem with your W. Like a dog if ya give the dog a treat when he pisses on the carpet, the dog will keep pissing on the carpet.
If you react to your W negative "behavior" she will keep "pissing on the carpet". Ok maybe that was a poor analogy.

In the book there is a story about this guy whose wife always came home in a bad mood. He didn’t like his wife in a bad mood so he would always try to "fix her problem" he would ask her what is wrong and then for the next 2 hours his wife would complain about her work.
So every night this would happen. He kept on reinforcing this bad behavior by trying to fix her problem.
So one night when his wife came home he went dark. He ate his dinner in silence and then went out to his garage. He gave her space; he did not try to fix her. The next morning his wife was still in a silent and withdrawn mood. He did try some small talk with her but she would only give one word answers. (BTDT). But that evening when his W came home she was in a good mood. She asked her husband if he wanted to go for a walk. She told him how she had resolved the problems from the precious day. He told her that he felt uncomfortable that he did not try to help her the night before. She responded saying she did not want him to try to fix her problems and that she liked it better that he had given her some space to work them out on her own.
I have given up tryig to fix my W problems I have given her space. I don't let her bad moods bring me down I "go out in the garage"
After a while her mood changes and I avoided the hurricane.

Of course if your W asks to talk that is another issue.

Keep it up big guy. You are doing fine

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Thanks all again for the advice. I definitely want to get the NMMNG book. It would be nice to have regardless.

W called after she got off.. I was busy, so I let it roll. No VM, so I didn't call back.

Called D's at 6 and her friend handed the phone straight to the D's.. had a good convo with them.

Went out with my friend last night.. cool lady. Haven't seen her in 3-4 years. She still looks the same. She's separated and getting ready to divorce. It was nice to talk to someone in person about these things.

Anyway.. it's Friday and it's my weekend with the D's!! Well.. except W has to take D5 to a "Families in Transition" class this evening and tomorrow..

Hope you all have a good weekend!!



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jar,

Again, she is trying to get you to react. husband has great advice - why didn't he give it to me when I had a dog lol.

Enjoy your weekend with the D's and keep them to a routine; they will thank you for it in the long run.


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