Like you said, "our" ups and downs usually relate to our wives. I can see where that shouldn't be the case. She can totally ruin my day no matter how good it has been up until the point that she decides to bring me down. That is a big thing I have to work on. If she is being a jerk, I have to let her because, even if it doesn't involve me or anything I have done, she doesn't want me to try to help right now. I can't say or do anything that would help other than walk away and do something else. It doesn't FEEL right, but it it almost always the right thing to do.
BTW, I like this in your signature: "I hope for a better tomorrow! For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction!! We will all be okay! What does not kill you, will only make you stronger!!!" If we could learn to live by these statements and flesh them out, we would be so much better off!
I hope we get the outcome we are looking for! We have to be strong enough and wise enough to keep trying.
