XYZ is here, and it looks like I'm staying...

[XYZ]

I think I'll give here until the first of next week. By that time, it will have been about 10 days with several of those days that I had the kids (removing the "no time" excuse). If she hasn't done it by then, I'll bring it up in the way suggested above. But I'm really hoping she does it without prompting. It'll mean so much more to me if she does....


As for baby steps, I have noticed a couple.

(1) When she calls for the kids, although it's about the kids, we have nice chats.

And...

(2) For years, she always called me "honey". When things started getting bad, she called me by my last name (in a cute sorta way). When things got REALLY bad, she called me first name (in a not cute way). Well, she's back to my last name again. Someday soon back to honey....