New to This - An English Man In Trouble

[Hadlee58]

Just thought i would update what has been going on this last week or so:
My W and i had a fairly uneventful week last week although things are not good at all, i have tried my best to remain up beat and cheerful although she has gone out of her way to put me down and try to goad me into a reaction, on the whole i have managed to bite my tongue
She told me earlier last week that she is still looking for her own place although there doesnt seem to be anywhere that she thinks is suitable yet, this did lead to a 5 minute R chat where i listened and then stated my position that i hadnt given up and was only working on making myself better, i was careful with the promises of never giving up too. Later that week i had a call from my daughters school saying she wasnt well and could i pick her up (my wife is first contact but wasnt available - which is fine). I picked her up and they said they thought she had a case of impetigo so i took her straight away to the medical center to get it looked at, i was keen to keep my wife in the loop at all times, what happens between us doesnt mean we shouldnt keep each other up to date on things involving the kids. I had taken her to the medical center as our doctors was closed for the day and all they had available was a triage nurse, my W phoned me and had managed to get her in to see a DR at another surgery and said she would pick her up and take her. This went well and whilst they had gone to the other doctors i whipped across town to pick my son up and managed to just get home in time for the on-line shopping to be delivered, a hectic few hours My W returned shortly there after in a foul mood and made some digs that i didnt need to text her every detail on all bits, i was only doing what any dad would do but again not good enough but i have come to expect that now.
Valentines day was pretty uneventful although my wife mentioned that the kids had asked her if i had got her anything and they had even dug out of a draw a photo of us on our wedding day (she had taken it down early last year) and left it on her place at the breakfast table, really cute and did tug at my heart strings! In the evening she had cooked us both dinner and i was watching a film that she joined me in watching, it was a comedy and gave us both a few laughs, she indicated that it was nice to do something like that rather than the usual way we would have spent a friday night.
The weekend went as well as could be expected and we had some good fun with the kids.

Monday of this week has seen my wife really change in her attitude towards me, on returning from work on monday she was super cold with me and i naturally asked how her day had been and got an 'ok' followed by a snipe against me for pinching one of my sons chips of his dinner plate and how it was rude and bad manners, i let this slide, even my son looked puzzled. She didnt speak to me at all after the kids went to bed and the same happened again last night, even this morning she made a jibe about me helping putting some of the washing away, normally i would have relented to her but i did bite a little and said its ok if i want to do it i can and will, she replied that if i wasnt in a rush to get to work then she could have gone in earlier - i told her if she had asked i would have mentioned it, i could feel myself getting annoyed and quickly finished and then left to go to work with a smile on my face grrrrrrr.
I know my wife has checked out and is actively looking for somewhere to rent but this could take weeks/months, these last few days have proved difficult and it is no way to live each day with such anger and bitterness (not from me), without me trying to convince her to stay i would have thought the pressure would have been lifted from her but it seems she is content on making this as difficult as she can, it doesnt bode well for the future living our lives apart, i would like to think for the sake of the kids we could form a relationship that would be about them and what is in their best interest, i know thats what i will do regardless
Maybe i am over reacting but it does definitely feel that things are steadily getting worse and worse, alas all i can do is continue being the best dad i can and work on myself although i am finding it difficult to bite my tongue and say what i really feel!

Thanks H