Sigh… I had high hopes for last night. It just didn’t pan out the way I hoped.
Yesterday afternoon I responded to W’s email that ended with “I miss you <sad face>.” I replied back, “I miss you too. It feels like we haven't seen each other in quite some time!” She brought the conversation back towards our S.
When I got home from work she had dinner on the table. She was wearing her rings!
After dinner we played with S. As we sat on the couch she intentionally put her feet up on me and left them there. This was a definite change in behavior!
After S went to bed we talked about her options for new work. We talked about her working full time vs. part time and staying home with S. There were some long pauses in the conversation… It really felt like she was holding something back. At one point she said, “Earlier in the day I felt like I had it all figured out. Now I’m not sure. I might be making my world smaller. That’s not what I need.”
I think she's concerned about feeling trapped if she stays home with S. A part of me also felt like the “I’m not sure” portion had to do with our relationship… We didn’t talk about our relationship specifically at all.
I told her I support whatever she decided to do for a job. She mentioned that if she stays home with S that she could always change her mind and go back to work. I told her that’s always an option and that I wouldn’t think any less of her if she decided she needed to work full time.
She didn’t touch me AT ALL when we went to bed last night. I was at least getting snuggles from her at bed time in recent weeks…
This morning she was still wearing her rings. She took them off before leaving for work. I really had hopes that maybe she was coming around… am I being too hard on myself? Should I see this as some sort of progress?
M34 W35 S5 S2 T10 M6 on/off over the years including her A Recently- Nov 2015 bomb Nov 2015-Feb 2016 Reconciling Feb bomb March-April Reconciling May - bomb Mid-May I tell her I'm done