H: <taking me aside> I've noticed that I've been scowling a lot while I'm here (at home) but not in other places, like when I look after the children at my home (his apartment)
me: <jokingly. I hadn't noticed...
H: <seriously> I just want you to know that the scowling is out of stress. It's stressful for me to be caring for the children here, in this simulated domesticity that's just here. I don't want you to think that I'm angry at you.
me: I can understand that...
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positive: he's trying to make coparenting work and making an effort to communicate negative: he's compartmentalizing different parts of his life to manage his emotions...this has gotten him into trouble in the past
me: 42 | STBXH: 41 | T: 18 | M: 10 | separation: Jan 3, 2010 | they deserve better: S7 & D4 current thread: http://tinyurl.com/3y8sxcp .: first breathe, then heal, then start LIVING :.
