I'm afraid that I am dealing with the text book case of "family having good intentions with self interest" as described in DR.

Her mom has said repeatedly that she loves both of us and wants to see us happy. It is highly possible that she is standing between us with her "best intentions" and trying to keep the separation on track in hopes of "us" becoming happy without each other.

That is a tough obstacle. I have to see what mood W comes back with and what tomorrow brings. I hate to see all the little things that have happened this past week to cut back at the roots.

I hope I can keep "undoing" that kind of damage, because I now know some stuff that seems to work and some stuff that doesn't.