Have you ever heard about people conecting with a challenge? My W has tried to change me into her perfect ",mate" for 7 years. For the most part I am still who I am, can people change their habits? yes. Can people change how they handle situations? yes. But again we are who we are, did you change to be someone else than what first attracted you to your spouse? I believe that is what the point of all this is. To find yourself again, be confident like when you were dating. When the W and I first started dating, I was full of myself, not cocky or arrogant, just self confident beyond belief. That is my goal to get to that point again, not for the W but for me.