Hey Wsh, thank you for consistently writing back, it means a lot.
The respect thing has been a problem. I feel good as a man with the exception of letting go of that last rung on the rope. You are right, I am seeing consistent small improvements, just at a snails pace. I just go back and forth with the friend zone thing. I don't want to be friends but I also understand that to R, we need to be "friends" first.
Kind of thinking, myself, my dad, and two uncles have had this same crap. We all have basically the same personalities. Will raise hell in one microsecond but extremely passive and reserved with our wives. Not saying we brought it to ourselves, but basically set the stage for it. Kind of preoccupied with our own projects and not putting in effort to develop that deep bond with Wives.
M 1.5 years, her affair was before 1 year T 7 Years