Kitti,
I thought I posted to you but it must not have gone in. Judge Judy incident is typical. He can't see where everyone's happiness fits in to everyone else's happiness. If you are a martyr in a relationship you will ultimately resent it. If your attitudes lead to divorce that's REALLY not putting the children first.
I liked your night Wednesday, you two were together doing what you each wanted. He sounds like he has a lot of inherited "absolutes". The world is in trouble because it has no absolutes; this type of all or nothing thinking in areas of personal discretion lead to dislike of absolutes altogether.
This is not going to be easy or quick; it just may really be worth it. Quick and easy things seldom satisfy us anyway. Keep up the good work!


Blair