Also - In keeping W up to date on stuff, I e-mailed her today letting her know some schedule stuff.
1 - Taking off Friday to do an activity with S13 at school and then taking off in the afternoon to go see a movie 2 - date night with D10 on Saturday to go see a local play and have dinner.
W responded thanking me for letting her know. Said she was working the event at school on Friday as well and asked if she could join us for lunch W also said D10 may want all of us to go on Saturday and asked if it was OK for her to join us for the play and dinner.
I responded that she was welcome to join for both and left it at that.
She has still not specifically mentioned my list of "good stuff" that I sent her but our 2nd convesation during her drive she shared that she had been reading her own marriage material and was trying to focus on the good stuff rather than the bad stuff.
So my 180 of initiating conversation vs. the withdraw practice which was my former way, seems to be paying some small dividends.
Me:45, W:45 S:16 D:13 M:22, T:25 Bomb: July 2010 Putting finances in order for "D" Continue to live in same home-separate rooms