First Piecing Thread

[Hope4us]

Hey everyone. Haven't posted for a week so I thought I'd update. Work has been crazy busy and this is the first time I've had a chance to look at the board since last Monday.

Seems like we're making some real progress. W has been more and more engaged.

We spent the weekend on an island in Lake Erie. Saw some awesome bands, enjoyed the water, the boats and relaxing.

Lets see....EGF came up in conversation a number of times and W is figuring her out. W even made a comment that she wondered why EGF was getting married (last Sat) when she's a person that needs so much alone time. I said "could be why her first 2 marriages only lasted a year". W said something about her first two H's not being right for her and she married them for the wrong reasons, etc. I said "don't you think she felt the same way about the first 2 H's at the time as she does about H #3"? And W said "yes".

Many times over the weekend W and I had conversations about the future. We discussed when we retire selling our house and getting a condo here and one in Florida (Hi Pup!) for the winters. Discussed a number of other long range plans. W called me 'dear' and 'baby' a couple times over the weekend.

And now the good part. One of the evenings we were watching this band and they were covering Bon Jovi's 'Livin on a prayer'. When they came to the line about 'we're half way there' and 'we'll make it I swear', W grabbed my leg, pulled me close and gave me the hottest kiss I've had in a long time. And we ML both Fri and Sat nights. And not to get too graphic, but it was W's monthly fun time, so we had to get pretty inventive!

Since we've got back, W hasn't slipped back to the normal pattern. Still very engaged at home, talking and laughing and joking and some intimacy. No ML, but that's ok. Some hugs, some hand holding, some kisses. Man I've missed that affection.

Ok, don't want to cut it short, but I need to get home. Gotta enjoy this while it's happening!

Still no 'I love you's' or wedding rings on, but we're getting there. (this is for you Pup), but there's still something holding her back from totally opening up to me. But we're getting there.

See ya.