Thanks so much for all the great feedback! I was planning to spend more time over the weekend on the board, but now W and I are sick in addition to our coughing boys (who are getting better). Ah, such is life. I had a meeting cancelled this morning so though I'd spend some time typing at y'all.
Our intimacy is still creeping forward - she has no qualms about being naked in front of me now, we're really having good kissing passion, and she's - um - "guiding my hands" now, letting me touch more than the "safe" areas of her body. She wants me to come in her room regulary now, and spend time laying on the bed watching TV before she kicks me out to go to bed. Good stuff! She also seems to be decorating and cleaning up the master bedroom area a little more, maybe a sign that she's starting to see it a little more has her space.
She's talking about sex, saying that she wants to maybe plan it out and make it special instead of - um - just doing it on the bathroom floor (like we almost did) - I think we're getting closer.
What else - I bought her a bunch of clothes that I thought she'd look good in (returned 60% of it after she tried them on, but I'm used to that hit rate, just the way we do it) and she was really happy with that. Planned a trip to Mendocino on the cost north of San Francisco for the weekend after Thanksgiving - MIL will be in town to watch the boys -
All in all, things are coming along nicely - no backsliding, no signs that things are going backwards at all. We're both really happy! I told her last night that I really feel that she loves me - she feels that she's not doing enough to show that, she said, but whatever she's doing I guess she's speaking my LL. Perhaps my LL is "not leaving" LOL
Working on house stuff - have cabinet orders underway, this is a priorty for W - moving along talking to landscapers - and I think W has finally chosen paint colors, I finally lost interest, it's her thing now - we need to just find a painter now.
C says to both of us to stick with the status quo for now - get used to things and enjoy it. She has me reading books that taking me more into "spiritual" topics - you know, I've always thought of myself as someone who's open to that sort of stuff - but I'd finding that I'm more of a cynic I think. I was data, evidence, some sort of CREDIBILITY when someone writes about what's in me, the natural state of the spirit of man, etc. etc. My thought is always "how do you know? What are your qualifications? etc. etc." Perhaps time for an attitude shift. Looks like this whole DBing thing might just be the start of a personal journey that may last some time. Who knows?
Good thoughts to everyone out there - I should actually do some work now -