Getting the spouse's attention.....that's what it becomes sometimes when we have to take such drastic actions. She keeps telling me that I abandoned her when I left the house in October. Truth was, I felt that I had to do something drastic to get her attention, now she's in therapy, and reading Michelle's books (currently on D.B.), things she should have done long ago. She chose instead to distrust me, and push my buttons.

I'm ready to leave, just like Johanna is, but I'm willing to be a bit more patient. I think I have a woman who wants a certain type of man, and the standard is such that every man will disappoint her....just like her father. She can never open up, or let her guard down long enough for me, or any man, to get in.

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