Hey LHF - How are you?? I hope you are well - by now you must be a master at the Wii!
Yes - the natural bond with the boys has always been an issue and one in which I have tremendous guilt over. I wish there was a way to appease her with it but there isn't. I will say though that S14 reached out to her to ask if she would teach him to cook and she turned him down and then S10 has been asking just for her and him to go to a movie - ANY movie and she keeps turning him down. Really a shame and a golden opportunity for her to bond with them but she just doesn't have it in her right now.
I know what you mean about the facial expressions. But someone in my earlier thread explained my W does a lot of projecting. that has helped me to deal and just blow ff those comments.
Thanks for the kind words - as hard as it is I love being a father and am still honored to be married for my W. One thing that helps me - if this doesn't work out I know that i have always cherished her. No regrets - i did the best i could and loved her every day of our R. It was very important to me that she knew that so I made a point of it to tell her every day for 16 1/2 years that I love her and that she was so beautiful to me inside and out - and it was no BS.
When i read everyone's posts I see that I really need to chill out. I don't know why I get like that. I think like every one else - i'm just scared to death of a bad outcome.
M 43 W 44 M 17 T 22 S16,12,9 Bomb 2/05/08 I served her 1/06/09 S'd 3/15/09 D'd 12/21/09
"Tough times don't last, tough people do." --My Dad to me years ago, me to my boys now.