"1. send a text when she gets up saying "good morning beautiful" and inquire how our daughter slept (she doesn't always sleep at night) and if my wife got rest. - just stopped doing this in the past couple weeks as to give her space when we started talking separation."
Stop with the "good morning beautiful" and the rest is fine to continue. I mean she still lives with you after all.
"1. made arrangements at work to leave early so i could get my daughter up and take her to day care so my wife could get to work earlier."
Good. But don't do it all the time.
"2. got up early (before wife and daughter gets home) to work out or do it before I go to bed so I'm not taking a couple hours in the evening (8-10 pm) in order to spend more time with family"
Did you work out before? How do you look physically?
"3. putting my daughter to bed every other night rather than my wife doing it every night (includes brushing teeth, reading, hair, etc)"
Why every other night? Are you and your W taking turns? There may be a few times where you can do it together.
"4. do dishes and clean more often without question"
Did you never clean before?
"5. feed the cats and clean the litter boxes so my wife does not have to do it - i rarely did it before except when she was pregnant"
This is a good one.
6. quit spending money on stupid stuff (that was one original complaint) - I do not go on craigslist, ebay, or any other site. if I am going to purchase something more than $25 I get my wife's input/permission
What were some of the "stupid" things you would buy?
"I almost feel as if I should ask her about the affection displays that I miss (hug, kiss, love you's and holding hands) but feel like it will be pressured."
Don't ask.
M-43 W-40 2D - 9 and 5
Emotion, yet peace. Ignorance, yet knowledge. Passion, yet serenity. Chaos, yet harmony. Death, yet a new life.
