Sorry if that late night post seemed a little touchy! I guess in my mind I have put some distance between wife and I and others don't seem to notice. I declined the week at the cottage with her and the kids, I declined an out of town overnight trip she wanted to take, I never call her just to chat or share my problems and she does not call me for that. In fact, when she went away this week she did not ask me to do anything to care for the house etc, she took care of it herself (although I did usually find a reason to drive by every night just to check, but that's me and I live two blocks away). I contact her if there is something pertinent to do with the kids or family info I think she should know e.g. when my Dad was sick. I did not ask her to attend the family picnic, which was a first time going without her. Any outing that we go on as a family is at her suggestion (except Mother's Day and her birthday), not mine. In fact, I do feel estranged from her in many ways and I could feed that need for companionship by contacting her, dropping over (she's told me "you are always welcome in this house", but I don't take advantage of it) etc but I know that is not healthy for me, her or the kids so I take where I am right now and deal with it. Anyway, it does look cloudy here and they call for rain but I'm a few hours from you. I hope your family re-union goes better than mine did a few weeks ago (D13 passed out, if you recall!). Oh and my team is the AAAAARGOOOOOS!
