How do I feel now? I feel like a man in transition. I've been able to take this time and really truly be honest with myself. Realizing the codependency, realizing at times I treated my wife disrespectfully, treated her as though I was better than her instead of as an equal.
I say transition because I have realized my problems and now am in the process of fixing them.
Yesterday my MIL invited me and the kids over for dinner on Easter. She called my wife to invite her and she asked my MIL if I was going to be there. My MIL said "Well yeah it's a family function and he's family. Is that alright with you?"
My wife said, "Yeah but he's been pushing too hard." When my MIL told me that I was like WTF??? I have really distanced myself from her in the past 3 weeks. MIL thinks my wife is uncomfortable with her feelings and has to say something negative about me to keep the focus off of her.
