Originally Posted By: zew
Don't want to hijack, but AS, I wanted to know if you think this can really work. Maybe others will comment for benefit of reb and me.

Quote:
"Despite our situation I do still care very much for you and want you to know that I am here for you if you ever want to talk about how you feel or how things are going in your life."


I want to say this to my WAW, because she made a comment about OM "always listening to her as a person who had something to say."


Well I wasn't putting that out there as something every LBS should consider saying to their WAS, it was really just a tweaking of what Reb wanted to say to her H. The general DB"ing rule is to show your WAS changes through actions rather than words. They tend not to believe words, but they believe consistent, long-term actions. I think saying something like what I posted is not going to hurt your sitch, but it's not going to help either unless it is backed up by actions that are consistent with the words. IE, if you tell her that and then seek to really listen whenever she talks to you, that will get her attention. But tell her that and then check your phone or watch TV or gaze at the wall when she's talking and she'll think "same old H, tells me one thing and does another." Make sense?


Me: 60 w/ S18, D24, D27

M: 21 years; BD: 06-14-12; S: 09-10-12; D final: 03-17-14; XW:57