I think you work way too hard to try to MAKE your wife happy.
We cannot MAKE each other happy in life. We can only create the environment for happiness, and let our spouses be responsbility for their OWN happiness within that positive environment.
In my case, I needed to do a better at creating the environment for happiness. The S in 2003 was the wake-up call for that. I think I'm creating it now for the most part. I need to keep working on moving beyond communicating at a conceptual level and be more expressive, empathetic, tolerant, connecting, and physical. This is my responsibility.
CL
CL 53 W 54 M 20 yrs. 03'-09' Separation + Old Patterns + GAL 10-14' Piecing
"The Master allows things to happen. She shapes events as they come."