OR...is this just a part of the MLC cycle and should I have stepped back more?
BINGO!
I can tell you all this has happened to me.
They go bouncing around and it is everyone's fault and they hate everything and ...
If you send something heartfelt and contrite like your email it goes no where
Believe me Stilt.
This is standard operating bullsh!t.
Don't defend yourself or your family or any other tirade she gets you pulled in on.
Just Shut the F@ck UP (STFU for short and you will see this again I promise)
You will know when it is safe to talk about your R with your W and it will be when she is begging you ( or just short of that) to accept her back in your life.
And that is a long way off...
Right now you are still at her beck and call and you have to stop that my friend.
Your are still not detached.
My goal is to some day be the person my dog thinks I am