Need some opinions. My W sent the email a couple posts back and I'm trying to word my response. I would ignore it but this is just going to boil over so I think I need to respond. I'm trying to avoid the spew and fight she is baiting while maintaining my boundaries and and getting my needs out there. Feedback welcome of the below.
"Your email was pretty big and you put a lot into it so I felt I needed to take time before responding. I’d like to start by saying I am glad for you speaking your mind. I understand that all that comes from keeping everything to ourselves is bitterness and resentment. I can see how you might feel that I’m making plans to benefit me from where you stand. I’m not going to get into what plans were and why because I think that will just lead us in circles from each of our perspective. I understand that you were much more comfortable with our previous arrangements and rightly so. I spent nearly 6 months trying to make sure your needs came first and that you were comfortable in whatever schedule we worked out. It seems that you were fairly happy with the arrangements, but just to be clear I was not. If you would like to make some schedule changes, then we can talk about it and arrange something. I think I have been flexible in making changes when necessary. I honestly did not think our most recent schedule could last more than 3 or 4 weeks. Depending on the job you find things may need a lot of arranging. As for family, I don’t intend to stop having contact with anyone. They are all my family as well. There may be times I intentionally avoid mentioning things with them at their request, which is their business."
M: 43 W: 43 Married 6 yrs. T: 7 yrs. Son 20, 18, 17, 15 yrs. (w/ Autism), 12, 10