WW, My Addiction, Patience, and HOPE

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Mowgli,

Thanks.

I'll cancel the appt. with the lawyer.

Yes, expectations. The reason I'm in the situation. The reason most of us are, right? We don't give our spouses what they want, what they desire, which in a relationship become unspoken expectations. When we get hurt, we get angry, and take it out on our spouse. They in turn return the anger. The cycle starts. For my wife and I, we were great at taking our hurt and turning it into sarcasm and passive-aggressiveness.

I will need to be mentally and emotionally strong enough to break this relationship at any time. Both times I have been given hope, I get sucked into the marriage vortex.

I'm going to have to really lower the bar on my expectations. Maybe just being able to say 'hello', 'have a great day', and 'goodnight' to my wife. I was much happier when I had distance between her and I.