One other thing -- you are changing how you act, and you are changing how you behave. People don't like change, and they don't like uncertainty.

Your spouse's reaction to change will almost always be negative just because it's "different". The negative reaction to change often leads us to believe that what we're doing isn't working, so we give up.

The challenge is to stick with your changes and come out the other side of the immediate negative reaction. Once your new behaviors become the norm, everything will be better overall, but you have to muscle through the pain of change. Don't mistake the pain of change for a sign that what you're doing isn't working.

Accuray


Married 18, Together 20, Now Divorced
M: 48, W: 50, D: 18, S: 16, D: 12
Bomb Dropped (EA, D): 7/13/11
Start Reconcile: 8/15/11
Bomb Dropped (EA, D): 5/1/2014 (Divorced)
In a New Relationship: 3/2015