I am glad to hear your advice b/c it is precisely what I have been doing. Just listening and telling her "I know that is frustrating." I am not trying to fix anything. Old me would have - probably just being a man.
Sandi, I do have a question for you (and any others out there). Did you, as an almost WAW, ever reach a point where you were simply satisfied with a R that involved your H being around, but only as a friend? Yes, this goes back to my thinking we are stuck right now. W could be distracted by the work issue.
Another question would be whether this "friend" stage is actually part of the process of a WAS maybe taking a breath to think about what they said in the heat of the moment when they dropped the bomb. I recall you, I think, saying the early stages involved becoming friends again. Until that is in place, then love cannot "re-ignite" so to speak. I just don't want to become stuck inbetween those points.
