One Last Pull for this Knot to Break

[sleeper]

I agree, Dave.

I think I'll put a rubber band on my wrist and pop myself anytime I feel inclined to help her.

Her anger stage was SEVERE. She physically abused me on three different occasions, once in front of our kids. I couldn't do anything about that but she said she had lost respect and trust in me (totally). A large part of what I've been doing has been to gain those two back. I'm pretty confident I have succeded due to domments she has made.

The sitch that exists now is pretty much cake eating. We relate to one another as man and wife except in the area of intimacy. She confides in me on a regular basis now and has exhibited care and concern for my well-being. She has followed through on this by taking action to help me out on occasion.

Overall it's a HUGE improvement from what was going on a year ago.

The trick is going to be becoming romantically attractive to her again.