I'm glad that things are better, but I would re-evaluate your statement...
"So in summary, our interactions are good, DB-ing has become a part of me, and we are living as a close married couple." "I have not heard the words, "I love you" from her, nor have we had any relationship talks. I'm not sure when, if ever to initiate them. "
This doesn't sound like a close married couple.
It sounds like things are getting swept under the rug and (just a warning) they have a tendency to come back with a vengeance unless the issues are addressed.
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.
