I admire your goals and agree with the reasoning about not wanting to use D8 as a way to punish w. Besides, she already has lost so much time with her mom and it punishes d8 who doesn't deserve it.
But is asking for some advance notice, really so unreasonable? It would give you a chance to GAL or at least pretend to, and work on detaching from w more.
Let them have their one on one time and GET OUT of there FOR YOU...
and maybe b/c your w can figure something out about life without you and with periodic visits with her d...
I have a hard time believing she won't miss it a lot. But as Denver said, SHE has to figure this out and she cannot do that with you cooking and dancing around in the kitchen in front of her.
To me that's NOT GAL. You have to be around your w LESS.
Agreed? Then figure out a way to do it asap.
IF your w wakes up then her words won't be so inconsistent.
But remember to stay quieter when she talks, SHE KNOWS HOW YOU FEEL...for sure.
No need to repeat it again. IF she ASKS you a question, answer.
If not, no more volunteering your feelings. They're clear to her. Very...
and your words come off as pursuit which comes off as controlling. So you know what NOT to do.
Let's go GAL and find some things you LIKE TO DO.
Good luck
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