Twink -
You have done a GREAT job of prescribing your own "treatment" for this situation. I say this from a position almost identical to yours. Those hidden expectations that are often out of our own line of sight are pretty tough!
IB


M-48/XH-48 M=25/T=28 years
Ds-24,22/S-18
D - 3/11
A Day at a Time