I understand what you are saying, i need to make this about me. And i really am trying to make these changes for me. I am finding everyday life more enjoyable now i am not thinking about how my W would react to everything i do. I think over the years i have become a child figure in our relationship. This is something that has come from my childhood as my parents found it difficult to let me to grow up and let go. The more i think about it, the more i feel like i have been stuck in my teenage years, and only since BD have i felt like a man. Now i can see how i want to live my life, how i want to make my own decisions and not get the approval to do so. I think this is part of me that my W is noticing, and commenting on. How I am becoming my own person and doing what i want to do.
Me: 38 W: 35 M: 9Yrs T: 15Yrs S8 D5 BD: Feb 13 Still Living Together
I feel like I'm in thick forest, I'm slowly drawing a map of the way out, but not sure yet which side of the forest I will emerge.