OK, am I touching the hot stove again? W dropped off d17 at my place, and then said "we need to sit down and talk about the kids." I asked her what she meant, and she replied "college, science fair and the future."

I invited W to lunch for tomorrow and she accepted. I need to speak to her anyway about taxes - this year I want us to file separately, but we have to iron out who gets the exemptions for the kids.

So it is time for a temperature check with W. Any suggestions for seeing simple things like how she is doing? Or do I just listen and bring up the tax issue when things are calm?


Me-54 yrs; W: 50 yrs
4 kids- D: 22,20,19; S:15
"Trial" Divorce: 04/14 - 6/14
Separated: 06/2013- divorced 08/2016

“The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience.” War and Peace