You are right about the flirting and it's dark side. Almost like going out to family functions without the wife. Reminds you of what you want, yet it isn't there. I plan on continuing the flirting because it does feel good, but at the same time remember that it does have a dark side.
Thanks for asking about the rest of the weekend. It was extremely busy...Sunday was filled with playing football with the guys, watching football, making crock pot beef stroganoff, some laundry, and raking 40 bags of leaves up. The wife came home Saturday night in a mood that continued through Sunday, but I basically ignored it and just kept doing my thing...lol.
I would say she has always been negative caused by a huge desire for perfection. If things aren't perfect in her mind, then she is negative about it. She said once about our relationship "95% of woman would love to have you as a husband...I just want more". So when things aren't going right, she gets negative. More so than most. A good example is my cleaning skills. Most woman would love a man who cleaned the bathroom once a decade. Yet I clean the bathroom regularly and she gets pissy and makes comments how I don't do a good enough job. So instead of accepting that I tried to clean the bathroom...she gets negative and doesn't understand or accept that I don't do it as good as she does.
The good part of today and last night is that she is in a good mood again. She even noted that her mood has been better and we talked about it a little. I told her (Like I told my therapists and told her the same) that I haven't seen her in a mood this good since we moved here. I just wish she would realize that her so called friends tend to diminish her good mood quite a bit....but I suppose with time.
