Quote:
"Oh, by the way . . . I just wanted to say how proud I was of you going back to work full-time. I may disagree about everything else you're doing right now, but I know how hard you worked for that, and that that took some guts. G'nite."



Why did that work?
No pursuing/pressure
strong/confident
not a emotional outburst
loving gesture/respectful/thoughtful/LL
no expectations

It showed Puppy as the better man.

Quote:
Months later, after we reconciled, she told me how much that had meant to her


No immediate feedback to Puppy but it was a direct hit and he knew it (confidence).

"Patience is the companion of wisdom." - St Augustine

You can handle it.

Cheers


M22,H45,W45 S21/18D12
Retain faith that you will prevail in the end, regardless of the difficulties and at the same time confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.