barely holding on - 7

[u-turn]

Thanks Bond
My situation really has not improved through this whole time though she still talks to me, which I do value. I just do not know how to move this forward and I am feeling this can last indefinitely like this if I do not do something - and I do realize my current situation does make it an open marriage, though I feel as if we are barely married at this point.

I have tried going through extended times of ignoring the situation and talking to her like all is normal. She responds positively to that, but does not change. I have been dim with her for about 3 weeks now, I sense her frustration, but don't know if I should continue.

That is where a stronger statement with the actions of a physical separation may show her that I am not accepting her behavior.

I feel better these days when I am away from her. I don't think of her during the day much - I stay busy with my teaching job, I am running an after school architecture competition for the students, I still have my business that I am re-building after last year's mess that I created. I get to spend alone time with my kids every day. But things change when she comes home - I eat the dinner that I made with her and the kids and then I go do something else and she watches tv in the living room where she sleeps. I communicate with her during dinner, but that is really it right now.

I hate this way of being, but if I re-open the lines of communication and sit with her for a while while she watches tv, will she understand what she is or will be missing?