I like the resolution, but resolutions are an interesting beast all to themselves, no?
Cali, my boy, haven't you learned by now? You are human. She is human. Humans make mistakes. You both do.
And what happens in this moment, may not carry over to the next nor be remembered? What happens in this moment, is a point in time. A data point. Not good. Not bad. Just a data point.
From what you've said, it could just as easily be the end as it could be a point in time you both laugh at over wine in your twilight years as you celebrate your 500th anniversary.
You are reverting a lot in your thinking. I get it. You were both starting to go back and peel the onion down to the previous layers. It's easy to do. But you need to re-read your post and see what you're doing. You're being defensive and hurt.
Not saying you don't deserve to be. But I'm wondering if perhaps things were getting closer as you near the holidays? Perhaps you both had some things pop up that get in the way, as well as some old bad habits?
Enough of that. It's a point in time. What tonight or tomorrow or the next weekend brings? Still to be determined. History is still to be written, my friend.
And you always can punch out if you want. Nobody on the planet is going to think you didn't try, including the spew monster and your son. More importantly, you.
I'm reading this and thinking, nope, not yet. Nobody can tell yet if it's a bump in the road or the end of the road.
AJ
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter" MLK Put the glass down... "Yesterday I was clever so I wanted to change the world Today I am wise, so I am changing myself."