Thanks for chiming in. Actually I've only been in it for about a year and 2 months. We were separated for 6 months before I got her to come back home. Things are much better now than they were a year ago. I think I would have given up too, if I didn't see real positive changes along the way.
You're right about the building value in me and that I shouldn't be working for her, but for me.
If we didn't have any kids, I would have cut her strings a while ago. However, we do have kids, so they are my first priority. Showing them how a father treats their mother with love and respect is the model I want to show them so that they will want the same in their relationships. That also includes me not dating any one.
I'm just going to have to keep building myself up for me and see if she notices. I do have to get to the point of not giving a sh*t what she thinks or not think. Hard to stop the mind reading after doing it for so many years.
M-43 W-40 2D - 9 and 5
Emotion, yet peace. Ignorance, yet knowledge. Passion, yet serenity. Chaos, yet harmony. Death, yet a new life.
