I will listen to what she has to say today, and will try to put more emphasis on listening than defending myself. I will not hide from her today, but be willing to process the weekend's events with her. I will privately and in conversation accept how I contributed to the miscommunication, and not insist that she do so likewise.
CL
CL,
Where is "expressing your needs" in all of that?
Your wife overreacted to your good intentions. I think you'd have more success if you learned how to draw stronger boundaries with her, rather than walking on eggs all of the time around her.
Remember the "boundaries" half of the "loving boundaries" we used to talk about, and in trying to better balance it between the two?
