We as LBS's just have to have faith that what we are doing (DBing, GAL, Detaching, Acting as if) is in fact all that we have control over. No matter what the end result is, if we do it right, we will leave this as better people, with better skills and understanding of relationships and emotions. Hopefully, your H will be smart enough to recognize your changes and benefit from having a wonderful wife such as yourself! If he doesn't, it's HIS loss, not yours. Focus on making yourself the best possible GTO you can be..... "Little GTO...you're really looking fine"....
True words of wisdom. Yes, thank you SP, I too needed to read your reminder.
M: A really long time. Crisis: 5 years. She's still worth it.
Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose. -Viktor Frankl