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does laundry, dusts, makes dinner, cleans up after dinner, and then finally gets to sit down about 8:30 or so



What's left for HER to do? Get your D to bed? Is she a high needs toddler?

I personally think that you've been taking on more and more in the hopes that she'd 'reward' you but unfortunately she's just enjoying it all and pushing for even more... and you try to avoid the confrontation because of the fact that sex was the underlying goal.
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I kind of let her take things over, didn't really protest, then, when I wasn't happy with the way things were going, I had problems confronting her.



What? The finances? I'm kinda confused. You said earlier somewhere that she tends to run the household... but this sounds like YOU do! OK, you know what? This is just my .2 but I'm curious. How was your relationship with your mother? Did you struggle to get her affection or for some reason, you never measured up to her expectations? The more I read, the more your W sounds like your mother. Am I way off?


Pam