Jak, Thanks for sharing your DB meeting with us. It's a reminder for all of us here in Piecing.
We need to learn to manage our internal reactions to our spouses, and not allow them to influence the R in a negative way.
I like the Five Hindrances to Happiness in Buddhist thought as a guide--desire, restlessness, doubt, lethargy/fatigue, and aversion. Our work is to keep these mental states from having too much influence in our lives.
CL
CL 53 W 54 M 20 yrs. 03'-09' Separation + Old Patterns + GAL 10-14' Piecing
"The Master allows things to happen. She shapes events as they come."