I know, detaching is tough. I've been trying to detach for some time now, but I keep holding on for some reason. I try and get out to have some fun, but when I return home, my thoughts always go back to my W and my M.

Something she said to me recently has been bothering me lately. Now she says that she loves me and will always care for me and she says that she can see that I have become a better person and a better father. What gets me is she also says that she doesn't want to be with someone where it takes a relationship to get to the point we're at before I see that there is a problem.

Now I've read numerous books about this particular subject recently and it's not like I am much different than most men. Most men don't see problems until things blow up or come crashing down around us. That is not an excuse, it's just simple statistics and is the way most men are.

Seven years ago, when we had problems before, we had a talk about this very topic. Simply put, I told my W that I am not a mind reader. If there is a problem with our R, then you need to hit me in the head with a brick to make sure I know that there is a problem. At that time she had promised me to do so, but now she says that she shouldn't have to do that. Is this just another argument for her use as her justification for putting an end to our M or something else?


Me36, W38
S12, S3
T20, M4
Bomb dropped 8/18/11
Moved out 8/18/11
Filed for D 10/20/11
OM Confirmed 11/5/11