So I get up today and W is being nice and jolly and trying to find a 5k Santa run she can do before Xmas. She tries to get the boys involved and eventually persuades them to do it with her.

NB I tried to do a similar thing 4 weeks ago but S11 was reluctant so I didn't push it.

Anyway she can't find an event that is close enough to home and fits with her and the boys schedule. Then she finds one and seeks me out to tell me, all excited.

Then she semi reluctantly invites me with the disclaimer ' well you are taking the boys away the following weekend ' ' so I want to do something with the boys'

I think I will accept and do the run.

The weekend away with the boys is in London. I haven't invited her to the weekend away in London as it would involve sharing a bed in a family hotel room. Also she is going to a Xmas party at work.

I could change my date to the following weekend and invite her but she would have to share my bed. I know it s against DB philosophy - pursuing etc and it is pressure but she can say no - no big deal.

It's also her birthday weekend and traditionally W and I have spent it in London with me treating her to a special weekend away just before Xmas.

Once before we went as a family, yes in 2011 after the first DB. But back then we were still sharing a bed.


Me49 W45
T15 M13
S11 S8
BD 11/15/11 & 3/27/12
Moved out 4/9/12 Moved back 4/23/12
W working on US 5/20/12 Now Piecing!
May-Oct14 drifting
Dec 14 W agrees to more QT
BD Oct15 ILYBINILWY
W filed 1/25/16