I am gonna enter a guess that the heart to heart didn't go as well as you would have liked it.

Here is the thing, you spent all of these years working toward your one goal. The "perfect" life of a Dr. You already had the W, the kids came along, becoming the DR, was the end of your list. You got there, the hard part was supposed to be over and it was gonna be sugar and spice from here on out right?

Wrong.

Now is when you were supposed to start living, so start living.

The plan has changed. There is more work to do.

As I see it, you have two options...

Roll over, admit defeat and repeat this down the road at somepoint.

Or give yourself and her some time. Do the work. Stop questioning her motives. Stop the judgement of what she does. Who cares if she wants to do all of that driving. It might actually do her some good. You are trying, in your head at least, to dictate how you think she should spend her time. That is not up to you even if you are happily married.

No it isn't going to be different in two weeks. Or two months. Or two years if you keep going like this.

But it could be different over time, IF you take the time.



"Acceptance doesn't mean resignation. It means understanding that something is what it is and there's got to be a way through it."--Michael J. Fox