Question for the vets here: I'm now enjoying living in my house sans wife. I really think she thinks she will return if and when she's ready, but since it's her house too, she can come and go, etc. I've set the boundary on coming and going, but one thing I'm thinking about doing is taking down all reminders or her (pictures of us at our wedding, her decorations, etc). Is that an irrelevant move? Is it too antagonistic? I want to do it simply because it makes it easier for me to function as a single parent. I don't have to deal with the constant reminders, etc. Interested in everyone's thoughts on that.
When I moved out of our house, Coach didn't take down my pics or anything like that. But what he did was to move his DRUM SET to the middle of our living room where my desk HAD been. The first time I saw it when I came to pick up D12, I thought, "Well, that's just like HIM to ruin a beautifully decorated house with a drum set in the living room!" Next thought was, "He can't do that in my house!" On the heels of that thought came the reality..."This isn't YOUR house anymore, Greek. You left." REALITY. This was one of the first chips in my wall.
Don't take her pics down. That's too p!$$y. But do put your pingpong table in the middle of the dining room. Or move you guitar collection to the living room. Make the house the way Norse wants it. Your cave now!
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Me45 H46 T25 M22 S21 & 19 D13 Separated and filed 8/08 Moved home 11/08