No, my wife does not like my parents, one of the other pressures was that my parents were having issues with my 2 little sisters and kept asking for our opinions and help, which did not help us.

To be fair to W she has flagged issues with me/our relationship within the last year, Oct/Nov as stated and once again earlier in the year. I did not do anything (damn blokes eh?)

But fundamentally both W and me want the same things including a close, loving and friendly relationship. Though it is not happening at the moment \:\(

I have improved and changed over the last 5 weeks in many ways, though I still know that there is more to go. The main issue at the moment (apart from the impending/actual doom of our relationship) is that I did not show that I loved her but she will not let me get anywhere near her at the moment.

This is silly as i can accept the mistakes that I have made and i have changed and recognize what is important to me (W and our marriage) mine and my W's happiness is paramount. There is no real sense in throwing it away.

I am digging deep now and I am going to restrict my support to that from my parents and my aunt and this board. There is no need to burden our friends with this situation.

I want us to get over this and have a stronger relationship because of it, though she doesn't want to \:\(

Yes, I am a Brit Saffy, i live in the South of England, not far from Bournemouth.


Me: 30
W: 31
T: 9.5 yrs
M: 4 Yrs
No Kids, 1 cat
Had a bad year
Turmoil started 22/Jan/08
Seperated, same house 30/Jan/08
Wanted D: 2/Feb/08
Going downhill and towards D with nothing stopping her!