I bet you felt like you can never win. That's fighting emotion with logic. Try applying emotion to emotion, be a cat whipserer.
I do feel like I can never win. I always think about your phrase "cat whisperer". I like it, it makes me smile. I guess in the heat of the moment, even when I am making a conscience effort to give her my undivided attention, I slip up. I do realize that I didn't always listen the way she wanted and that it is important for her to share her day with me. I, on the other hand, could care less about the day to day doldrums at work. When I get home, I want to enjoy me wife and kids and leave work behind. You guys and gals have informed me that's not how women think. I am making the effort and I do care I'm just not doing it correctly. Maybe it's too late.
I know how much I have messed up and continue to try to improve myself for myself. I will be better equipped to handle all of life's ups and downs because of this. Still, I would really like to keep my family intact. I am and have been doing my part, now it's her turn.
Puppy says we're about at stage two. That's better than stage one. I hope we can move on to three and four before it's too late. I get the feeling I may just be getting started in this.
