Wanted to share a comment from my wife last night, and have to wonder if this might be her way of trying to open up, just a little, which she has yet to do these last several weeks.
Sitting watching TV after a nice dinner out, we were talking and messing around with the dog(our 4yr old replacement child, since my daughter is 18+ and rarely hangs around with us)...
W was baby talking to him, telling him "I love you buddy"....I grabbed him and joked "I love you, too buddy, I just don't like you very much 'cause you are a pain in the neck".
She said "Don't feel bad, that's how Dad felt about me for many years"....(yes we say Mom & Dad to the dog).
She didn't say "feels about me", she said "felt", which I took as positive(he didn't like me for a long time, but now he does??).
I brushed it off and told her she was "crazy"...."Well, it's true, isn't it?"...She said.
We were laughing and being silly with the dog, so I just told her don't worry....I still "like" you and always have "liked" you...tried not to say "I love you", or make a big deal about it.
