Thanks, Coach. I always appreciate your expertise.
I totally agree with your comments. As I wrote in a post a few days ago, it's hard to remember what I am supposed to do. There is so much information that I have learned in the book and from you guys here. I get in a situation and recognize it and know what to do. Then something else happens and I don't recognize she has switched tactics and flounder about, lost.
I am doing, not just trying. I do it wrong sometimes.
At the risk of sounding like I haven't been paying attention all this time, Coach, or anyone, is there anything I can say to her tonight or whenever to take the lead back from her? I hate to ask for specifics because every sitch is different.
I like the reconciliation plan. How do I present this info to W? She doesn't want to hear anything I say right now.
Coach, I don't mean to sound like I haven't learned anything. It's that the things I have been doing, GAL, 180's, etc., she has mentioned and says she doesn't like them. She says I'm not here for the kids. When I call if I'm going to be late, or tell her how good she looks, or that I can't watch the kids when she wants because I have plans, she says it is all fake. It's designed to either make her mad or to kiss up. It is neither. I have been consistant with my changes.
How can I better tell when she is testing me? I guess that is the main question. When to stand my ground and when to compromise.
