Well, I wouldn't say that my scenario with the dog is an exact replica of your situation with Thing One and Thing Two (that was very good, by the way...I had a good chuckle with that one)...
Our scenario was, "honey, I know this abandoned dog I would like to get..."
"No, absolutely not, we are NOT getting a dog."
"Yes, but..."
"NO!"
So you see, there was really no chance for a disucssion here. None whatsoever. Soooooo....I did the only wrong thing I could have done in this situation, and I went and got the dog. This is exactly ONE HALF my fault.
However, I do see some real positives in this. My H told me no when I tried to initiate sex the other night. Now, a few years ago, he would have jumped at that opportunity regardless of how pissed he was at me. The fact that he felt safe enough, trusted me enough to know that if he says no tonight, there will in fact be another opportunity again to have sex in the very near future...well...that was worth the dog fight in my mind.
He is still getting over my "betrayal" (exact same word you used...interesting), but I am happy to report that Jake (the dog) is slowly but surely winning over my H.
I tried again with my H last night...and he didn't turn me down this time.
