I wound up watching it with my wife.

It didn't have the response that I expected

We watched the first hour on Sat nite. During the movie, she said that it really hit close to home. She didn't cry, but I could tell she was getting a little upset/mad maybe?

We finished watching it on Sunday. She wound up crying at the end

I thought it was a good sign but then her anger came out unstead. She said it was cruel to watch a video that hit so close to home with the person who treated her the same way. Ouch.

Another thing that came back to bite me was that the movie talked about the Love Dare book which provided a script of different things to do each day for the first 40. I was dumb enough to even comment about how I was thinking about getting.

During our counseling session that came up on Monday, she hit me about how I've changed, but she doesn't believe it. She said it seemed like I was following a script. Even when I answered her or the counselor's questions, it seemed like I was just quoting/reciting a book/script. She wanted me to act like me, not someone that I thik she wants me to be or someone just following a book/script.

I reassured her that this is my behavior as this is how I feel and want to act. I may use words out of a book as I often can't find the right words myself to describe how I'm feeling. That doesn't mean the feelings aren't true and my own.

So it's a toss up. If I had to do it again, knowing what I know now, I would not watch it with my wife together.


Me 41
WAW 36
S 3&7
M 10 yrs
W files D 1/9/09
W moves out 4/18
Lost job 6/15
New job 7/27
Disc PA 8/10 (started Nov 2008!)
Confronted 8/11
Admits PA & appologies for hurt 9/11
Lost Job 11/13