W has had some huge swings in the last few days, but now that she is more open to listening I have been able to bring it back to reality a lot quicker. I think she realizes now that this is a turning point in our R that needs her attention. We even discussed some past hurt and cleared up the reasons behind some of it. Surprisingly this went really well, now that I can explain more about what was going on with me back then (at the time I had no clue what I was feeling, just a tornado of emotions/thoughts). W actually took this in, didn't turn it into a fight like she usually does, and said that she loves that I am opening up. Wow! She has been opening up a little more each time we talk, and I continue to validate as best as I can (I'm not great at it, but good enough to get here I suppose). We seem to be slowly moving in the right direction to work things out. I am making it a point to not have too many expectations or to think too far in the future, as I have noticed this encourages my recent dependent nature. Keeping things cool and letting things flow is the ongoing goal for me.
