I will keep reading. Will take the book with me to work tonight.

I was started dusting the living room after we played a card game she got with her chick fil a kids meal(that caused a bunch of laughter by both of us). She said 'oh you don't have to do that, the maid is coming Monday'. I thought about it for a second if i should stop, I didn't want to come across as disregarding her so i stopped.

I am working on my spending. She has said in the past that she doesn't want me to give up eating out and stuff completely, just reign it in a little(she doesn't want to be like her parents were (debt ridden) when her mom passed away(about 18 years ago(we were not dating at the time).

I've been doing the dishes pretty much every night since then (i think there was one night we all ate out and there were no dishes)

What seems to cause the biggest positive reaction is backing her up in whenever she disciplines our daughter (i discipline also but wouldn't always back her up especially if i thought she was being excessive and I've mistakenly told her that in front of our daughter in the past (obviously no longer do that as i've seen how much of a toll it can take on a person after watching her and dealing with that all day)).


Me 38
Her 38
Daughter 7
Married 11 Together 16
BD 3/21/14
Moved out 3/8/15
D final 3/11/15