...If you have 6 free hours, give her 4 and she demands 8, how can you meet that?...
My take is a little different.
My suggestion would be to give her the time you can and maturely explain why that is all the time you can give her. If she complains, maturely and calmly explain your position and let her know that you are trying your best.
I often feel that we underestimate other people's ability to grasp and undertand topics, if they are explained in a away that avoids emotion-charged confrontation. Then again, some subjects are just frightening to some.
With luck, one should soon be having mature communications on relationship subjects. That in turn should allow for a lot of "needs" to be expressed. Those needs might not be immediately acted on by a spouse, but you never know and it never hurts to ask as long as there is no covert contract involved in the asking or bringing up of the topic.
Good luck
>43 years of marriage--My wife and I are now closer than we have been in decades. I believe that my SSM is over.
