It's absolutely not that long, I agree. I could have gone on much longer if there was no filing.
He was the one who asked What exactly is it you want? What do you think we need to work on here? Hence the lists. He has one too.
Also, he is very visual and needs to write things down, always has been so the actual written lists helps him. I could remember things if we just talked about it, but he's always been more prone to letters, which with all I've read about men and how they communicate, that's not all that unusual. He normally starts his R talks off with an email and then we talk about it. So, the lists may sound weird to others, it's not to us as a couple.
And now we're at 10 months. Just realized that today. And again, really not that long in the life of an MLCer. Truth be told, I'm not sure if he's 100% MLCer.