Funny. No sooner did I post this than I got a text from W asking for the toaster ("if you don't use it").
Even though I am in LRT and trying to save my family I replied as follows:
"I am going to make a request and I hope you don't take it the wrong way - please stop asking me for things. You know it is still in me to try to provide and protect for you and that is not where we are anymore. I want to say "yes" to nearly everything because I still view your comfort and safety as my job - which I need to stop doing. We now have separate households and we need to take care of them ourselves. In the end, it will help me detach from you - and I believe that is what you would like at this stage of our relationship".
Kind of felt good to say that, but can't say that it moves me any closer to a goal of saving my family. Too much?