Still hoping someone can chime in on my questions above.
UPDATE @ 11:30am Today is my wife's day with my son, so I left the house at 8:30am. She calls me to ask if the picnic blanket is in my car, and coincidentally it was. So I came home and dropped it off. It was beaufitul day out; turns out they were going for a picnic by the wharf near our home.
As my wife and son were about to leave, she suddenly asks if I'd like to come too. I thought about it a second and said sure. Anyway, we did have a great time outdoors. Not like we never did before the separation. When it comes to our son, we always had fun as a family. However, I am curious what my wife is thinking. Did she invite me because she's starting to think that family time is important again, or because there might be a softer heart today, or both?
After we got home and put our son down for his nap, I texted my wife this: "I had fun at the picnic. Thanks and great picnic-at-the-wharf idea!". She responded, "No prob". At least she replied this time to a compliment.
That text was my risky idea of practicing some cheerleading and love language by validating her picnic idea, because one of our niggling arguments is she thinks I don't think she's a good mom.
