"After our discussions last week where we both aired our annoyances that have caused our downfall my wife has promised (and i have seen proof of these since) to treat me like her equal and listen to my observations and ideas and not dismiss them off hand, for me this has been a major issue for me in that i felt like i was just ..."
All of this isn't going to get you to saving your M. What actions has SHE initiated on her own without any discussion with you? For example, if she told you that she wanted you back in the bed and would read relationship books (without any prompting by you), then that would be a good sign.
Right now it sounds like she is just placating you. What were HER needs that she felt you didn't fulfill?
M-43 W-40 2D - 9 and 5
Emotion, yet peace. Ignorance, yet knowledge. Passion, yet serenity. Chaos, yet harmony. Death, yet a new life.
