Oh, man, why are we all on the same wavelength? It's freaking me out! Especially when I wade back through the old posts here, and I see most of us have been here for most, if not all of the past year, and we're still mostly dealing with the same sh!t. Yes, for some, things have improved, but not for enough of us. I'm not a complainer by nature (you'd never know it by reading me here, tho), and I do try to remain optimistic, but I have to admit I'm in the same mindset right now as Dave36, although I'm jealous of the kissing.
Quote: 2. Why does wife get to "hold the remote"
Gaaa!!! That would be a DEAL-breaker for me! For one thing, I like to put a show on, and then watch it - I don't "channel surf". Given that, I INSIST on being able to kill the volume during commercials - otherwise it's like fingernails on a blackboard for me! I feel for you, D36!
Quote: 3. I'm doomed to either lonliness or pain for the rest of my life.
Yes, I feel that way too at the moment, except since I'm lonely in my M, and that causes me pain, I get both for the price of one. I'm really thinking that there'd be less "lonliness" outside my M. (Tim slaps himself hard on both cheeks...)
Quote: 5. The guy who is using chemicals to chill out might have the right idea aftar all.
8. W knows something is wrong but I keep telling her I'm just tired. 9. Life sucks.
Dave - DON'T pretend - there's no progress in that! She can't read your mind... talk to her! But first, chillchillchillchillchillchillchill...
Then SD said:
Quote: except you get a lot more kissing than me - I don't get anything other than pecks and she has never rubbed any part of my body ever but I did manage to persuade her to "just do it" every Friday night and that she would accept it without complaint.
Sorry, guys, but I envy both of you, as difficult as your sitch's are. I get NONE of what both of you are getting. That is going to be one of the goals I set for my M... getting SOMETHING in the way of closeness/affection.
Quote: I guess that she expects it to fizzle out after a few weeks but my intention is that it will just become an accepted routine and that eventually she will lose all her hangups and come to enjoy it and it may even become more frequent.
SD - I hope I'm wrong, but from where I sit, I agree with the first part of your sentence, (I think my W is always expecting that, too, and for the most part, it has), but I fear your intention will not come to pass, or if it does, it'll be a golfball-sized kidney stone. If she really is expecting it to fizzle, then when it doesn't, she'll go WTF and you'll have a problem again. Like I said, I hope I'm wrong...
