I hope that she doesn't miss Thursday either. But here's the thing, do NOT stake your hope on it. Meaning, if she doesn't show up, it doesn't mean all is lost. We keep setting these "milestones" for ourselves and it's a dangerous game. Our milestones are not theirs. I was convinced that he'd be gone this weekend so I could finally call this thing dead and over. Guess what? He's not gone. It still might be dead and over, it might not, but my milestone wasn't his.
I think that you are getting more and more competent with these talks. You are clearly learning and doing your best with the situation. You NEED to be proud of these things. It is so easy for us to focus on everything that we've done wrong, but we cannot do that. We are taking an awful beating from our spouses and ourselves as we learn about how to be better people. But when we do make progress, when we do things right, we need to take a moment to be proud. If we don't, we'll self destruct.
