"She tried. Some people recommend the book, “the 5 love languages”.. I think this has been part of our problem."

I changed that some...

Communication is always the issue.

Love Languages (LL) are part of this.

The book is good.. but it is a hard read.

There are 5 LL's

Start with defining yours.

http://www.5lovelanguages.com/assessments/love/

We will get to hers latter.

"Intimacy."

So your answer to the question was Big Intimacy.

To me.. that just does not fit.

It seems a bit awkward.

Baby.. I wanna show you some Big Intimacy.

I question how exactly you would show BI.

Your description could be both fun.. and "vulgar".

Lets find a different word.

"I question that now more than ever."

Which is understandable. This situation has changed your perspective. The person reacting to this situation is surely a person you would never associate with.

How has her perspective changed? And is it a realistic view of the situation?

On to the list...

"- Dissatisfied with herself
- Capable, but does not know it.
- Beautiful
- Sexy
- Disorganized
- Hugely capable of loving
- Sees me like a father
- She comes from a divorced family and absolutely fears becoming her mother who she sees as a narcissist
- Fills her life with stuff, shoes, clothes, sewing equipment, books. She dislikes this tendency
- Flits between one thing and another.
- She does have a tendency to be physically attracted to dangerous guys (climbers, her boss, another guys whose job I can’t say)
- Smart.
- Well read.
- Unsure of herself.
- Has a difficult time planning.
- Hates pretense
- NEEDS to be reassured of just about everything
- Seeks validation of others
- Makes me just smile!
- Thinks of herself as weird, and thinks that if she had shown me her true self early I wouldn’t have picked her
- Has a hard time accepting that I love, respect and cherish her. "

Good list.

If we look at it.. and ponder it.. what are things you can control?

Seriously.. I applaud you for that list. You did a great job with that!

Now I want to "see" what you do with the list.

"That is just off the top of my head. I could go on or dive into any one."

Again.. go with the list you have and think about what I want you to do with it...

What are things you can control?

"I think she had the affair for a few reasons."

I will come back to your answers.. I read them.. and they tell a story.

But you are leading.. I am just here to hold you to it.

Now...

Do Work.


Relax
Eat
Think
Act normal
React.. Smartly.
Do something different.
Emulate.
Do Work.

Lets get "RETARDED" in here.