The saga continues

[OfficerInNeed]

Sorry for not keeping everyone up-to-date. I am sure it would be in my benefit to continue to post but the forum started to consume me so I took a break.

We have been moving along in the right direction. My W and I have got along very well and at the very least we have maintained a very civil relationship.

We did have a rocky day which let to a slight argument due to conflict of interest. We were able to resolve the disagreement and move on from it.

W and I continue to talk about starting a family. W now understands my point of view on the matter and knows it will not be 'right away' and accepts that.

We are now officially registered for Retrouvaille. W actually made out the check and mailed in the envelope.

W has been initiating a lot of contact (hugs, kisses, holding hands)

Some highlights during the past week:
- W and I sit on the back porch, and W grabs my hand. Our dog walks over and licks our hands and W says "See, she just gave us her approval, even she knows it was meant to be"

- W and I were at W's family gathering. W was talking to FIL just before W took FIL new car for a test drive. FIL said to W "Just watch out for cops" and W replied "Where is mine?" (meaning cop, referring to me).

- While ML W says "ILY so much"

- W has been randomly saying ILY


We have the funds for our trip in Oct. and have pretty much paid for the whole trip. W is very excited and so am I. I have a couple surprises I am planning for W.

At the moment it is hard to recall and narrate our interactions in the past week but I will try to be more consistent in my updates.

I sometimes think about how bad our sitch once was. The terrible things W would say that convinced me that there was absolutely no hope for our R/M and now we lay in bed every night holding one another. I am not the best at applying method preached on the forum and in DB books but I followed along enough to get to this point and I am happy I never gave up when all seemed hopeless.