So things have been continuing in the same vein with little to no change... W and I get along like a pretty normal couple, albeit a platonic one. Still having a date night once a week, hanging with neighbors, stuff with the kids, etc. W asks for acts of service (one of her LLs) and I fulfill them. W has made comments a couple of times alluding to the future (e.g., "If our financial situation is ever going to change one of us will probably have to find a new job.") but I don't place too much stock in them. W in fact just texted to me to ask if I wanted to have a "patio date" when she got back from shopping. All of this is great, but I know that in part she is doing all of these things in hopes that they will lead to a change in her emotional connection to me, and that hasn't happened... yet. Just trying to remain patient and let things happen at their own pace, and enjoy the fact that she is trying. I know that's a lot more than a lot of folks around here are getting...
Would love some feedback on this... W asked me this morning if I would be willing for the two of us to meet with my IC. W sees her own IC, but I think she has been feeling stuck...like her IC is a great sympathetic ear, but doesn't provide much practical advise on how to achieve what W says she wants to achieve...which is to regain an emotional connection to me. W said that she has seen all the great progress I have made, and that the holistic/spiritual orientation my IC practices is very attractive to W (her IC is very "clinical"), and that W feels like she and the both of us could benefit from meeting with my IC because my IC already knows our background and we wouldn't have to meet with someone knew who would need to be brought up to speed on our history. I asked W if there was anything in particular she wanted to discuss, and she said no, that she just felt like some joint counseling would be beneficial (I agree) and she thought my IC would be good for the reasons I just listened. Has anybody here done this? Brought their WAS in for some joint sessions with their own IC. I'm actually open to the idea...I can't think of much I've discussed with my IC that I wouldn't want coming out in a joint session (and I don't think my IC would divulge anything without following my lead first anyway), but I'm wondering if anyone here has experience with this and can advise for or against it.
I did ask my W if my IC said no, if she would be willing to meet with someone else recommended by my IC, and she said yes.
H: 43 W: 37 M: 11 years T: 12 years S: 11 D: 8 ILYBINILWY, "I want to move out" and "I want a divorce": 3/23/14 MC started: 9/22/14 Affair and past infidelity discovered: 9/26/14 Piecing: 10/20/14