KD, hate to say it, but you nailed it. After we put the kids to bed, I thought (based on our discussion last night) that we were going to sit down and do the exercise. She was keeping herself busy doing house-stuff and I sat down with my notebook. She said she thought we could do it "spontaneously" and that was why she did one this morning, that "this doesn't have to be all formal". I sat for a few minutes, then asked her to come sit down. In the past, I wouldn't have said anything and would have let her go to bed, but not any more. That is part of what made this mess.
She said again she thought it was ongoing and I listened and said we discussed it last night, was there something else up? She said no but she would need a few days to come up with hers. I said fine, but I wanted to do 1 or two of mine, and I did two. She pressed me and had a lot of questions on each scenario, but at the end of each she said she forgave me.
She asked for time to come up with hers, so I will try for Sunday night.
CB (laying on his back while Lucy holds the ball)
Me; 42, W; 43 M; 16 yrs S12, D9
3/13 - "I want to move to XYZ City (four hours away) and it might be without you, not sure" 5/13 - "Not sure I meant that"