Hi, dude -- you sound good. You've got an awesome attitude -- and new conviction, sounds like to me.
Yes!
I hear you loud and clear: "I want to be number one -- your lover, your mate."
Not some old blanket.
This is progress. You deserve this.
Though, of course, in marriage we both become and curl up in our blankets, sometimes. Just not fair when it's not mutual.
No, I don't want to play that role, either. Don't wanna be mommy. Don't wanna be the old brown shoe.
I know I did some of that during my first year DB-ing. I was there, no matter what. I was the sandwich ma'am, the late-night-movie-house, the comfort inn.
Trying to get past that now. Wait -- let me re-phrase that: Gonna get past that now. I want it saucier, fairer, more mutual.
He'll have to earn his way home.
Ah, well, enough about me. Just letting you know I understand and support ya.