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Hey AT, thanks. Been slacking on keeping up lately with a bit going on around here so I'll be sure to catch up on your thread soon.

Ro - Thanks for the prayers! Her saying that she isn't going anywhere is good in some ways for certain. It also bring some challenges in that we now have some very different opinions about things we once were in sync with. That will be a lot to figure out. It primarly deals with spiritual things and while I can respect her opinion is different, I don't see that being returned to me any time soon.

2TP-Yes, that has crossed my mind and also how we handle life until then. I did ask my W to look at RV as an option about a month ago. She said she'd look at the info but has never said anything else to me about it. The next session near us isn't until September so we have some time. There are some that are sooner but I'd like to go to one close so we can do the follow up sessions.

It will be interesting to see how this plays out. A few days before my W had said she was trying to focus on positive things. When I brought up my feels of frustration, I think it set her back some. She mentioned it that now that she was trying to focus on positives, suddently I'm attacking her. I expressed that attacking was not my intention but I understood why she saw it that way. Then explained that my pattern has been to bury my emotions and hurt and it hasn't helped our M any so I'm letting her know how I feel.

On the positive side, I started the "words w/ friends" as something casual to do. We use to play cards alot when we were dating (and she'd typically win).

Had my date night with my D10 on Friday and that was a blast. Then W & D10 left to go to a lakehouse with some friends on Saturday. S13 and I went to see The Avengers. It was a fun guy movie.

W & D10 got home this evening. For some reason my W was irritated. I overheard her telling S13 that I didn't look over things well enough and should have gotten more things at the grocery store. I asked if she was irritated with me and she said "no, I'm just irritated".

I let it pass but a few minutes later went back and said that I may be beating a dead horse but I wanted to explained that I wasn't trying to take control of anything but that I had a business dinner tomorrow night and wanted to make sure we had some meals for the week. I even mentioned that I knew a few nights would be busy with kid activities so I'd gotten some food that would make quick dinners.

W finally said, it was no big deal (it was a tone that seemed shee was trying to convince herself). She said she had not made a menu anyway so she'd make a list of other things that were needed. Then she went on to say that my neice has sent some new pictures from her photo shoot and showed them to me. It seemed her way of making an effort at casual conversation. I complimented her photos with specifics and even commented on some backgrounds that I didn't like to make sure it didn't sound like I was sucking up...:)

The family leaves in about 5 or 6 weeks for their summer get away (the 6 weeks that's not really 6 weeks according to my W). Still very irritating but I am planning to drive up Father's Day weekend to be with my kids.