Originally Posted By: ForGump
I think her instinct is to always position me as the source of all her problems.


I wish this forum let you edit your own posts, at least during the first 15 minutes after you post.

I don't think my statement is entirely fair. My W is just a high-anxiety, easily flustered type of person. So if whatever she's doing is interrupted, she can easily get flustered, no matter how legitimate the interruption is.

She has enough impulse control so that if the source of the frustration is someone she wants to impress, she can control herself. But with me, she doesn't exercise any self control.

But that still relates directly to our R problem. If you have low impulse control and you're easily flustered and frustrated, it's hard to carry on a long-term close & loving relationship with another human being.


Me: 50, MLC/WW 45
Young kids
Nov 2015: BD1
Apr 2016: BD2
Jan 2017: W filed
Feb 2017: D final