Thanks MP! That makes sense. Be responsive, but don't initiate. I do believe that my W is completely stressed-out too, yet she continues to push forward with the D. I tried to be gone a lot too while we were still living together, but it didn't seem to make any difference.

At this point, I guess the thing to do may be to be there for her, but not to ask her to be there for me. I had been pushing to get things resolved, but for now, I am just going to sit back and wait to see where things go. Being separated has helped me to de-stress and I am ok living like this for a while.

If she is too stressed to work on the R or even herslef at the moment, how does she ever get out of crisis mode?

Thanks for the insight.

Last edited by DanF; 09/18/10 01:28 PM.