Back to life, back to reality?

[istherehope]

Hi Ali,

Thanks for that, especially the link. It seems right on for my sitch actually (and maybe yours as well).

For what it's worth today, so far, has been really good. I need to learn though that I can't actually be sure of what's really going on with him. We drove to Galway, and listened to some eBooks on the way. We went to lunch, and enjoyed ourselves. Now we're in the hotel room, and he's napping.

I think you're right about the elephant in the room thing. I am just not sure how best to deal with it. It seems, so far, that 1 day of acting as-if gave results. Today we've had a few situations that could have been ugly, but were diffused. H got frustrated driving and trying to find the hotel, but I just called and got directions and all was well, for example. Away from Dublin, it seems as though everything is back to normal, but of course no "real" topics have come up as of yet.

I am doing 180s all over the place, not suggesting the things we do, not trying to be active every second of the day, and validating his complaints about the rain and weather. Let's see what this leads to tonight...

Thanks for checking in on me. I am going to reply to your thread now :).

ITH