Tread,

Wow, so you've got to dance through this for Mother's Day and a Birthday. I hope your Wedding Anniversary isn't in early June. :-)

My W and I are now physically separated sharing an apartment so the kids stay at home (place to crash when we're not at home with kids). For Mother's Day, I'm not doing anything personally for my W, but have helped my kids with gifts. My D13 is making a scrapbook for the W and I'm helping her.

For the bday, that's tough. If she's been talking about horseback riding all year and you've recognized this, that shows serious thought and listening on your part, but...

I'm not sure that penetrates a WW's mind as being thoughtful. I don't know that for sure, but that's how I read Sandi's post on this.

Best of luck in navigating.


Me 42, Wife 39; Married 16; Together 17; Kids: D13, S10
Wife asks for Divorce: 03/19/13
Reconcile: 07/07/13
Round 2 Starts: 02/19/17
Apartment Life: 04/21/17
PA Confirmed: 05/23/17