Slowly but surely - detach and 180

[hopefulinEG]

W is in a good mood today. She did laundry, cleaned the kitchen and did dishes. Then she sat on the couch in the living room to read her book, while I was working at the kitchen table (in the same room). In the past she would have read in her room not in the living room.

It was a little encouraging.

Also she told me there is talk at school that she will date first but I will get in a serious relationship and get married again first. I said that won't be for a long time that I want to get in any new relationship. I said I agreed that she was less likely to get in a serious relationship. She said "Look how well I've done with casual relationships in the past". (she has been with 2 people in the last 25 years). I said well what do you call OW and she said "A mistake", very emphatically. It was an immediate response, without thinking about it at all. So that is also encouraging. Although they are still BFF's maybe she isn't so infatuated anymore.

-Catherine