I still get angry, just not very often. What I don't do is rage anymore. I know understand that frustration is a lower rung on the climb to anger and work to defuse it then, not let it grow. For the most part it is working.
Yesterday was my birthday. I got a text from my wife in the morning "Happy birthday Mutatio". In the evening I opened cards and gifts. No card or gift from my wife. She did sing happy birthday with my kids. I have to admit I was disappointed with her choice of no card or gift. Next month is her birthday and I have to decide what I want to do about it. She has not worn the earrings I bought her for Christmas.
I will keep trying and not give up on saving this marriage but I am beginning to see that there are limits to what I chose to endure.
