WAW, is there hope?

[KGuy]

Okay, i made it all the way through the LBH thread by Sandi2 and will say that there was some useful stuff in there that helped quite a bit. I'm also about 60 pages in the DR book and i have to echo my opinion that the DR book seems to flow better than the DB book. Obviously that a premature opinion, but so far...

I still think i am dealing with a weaning issue from other research. Basically, when the young ones wean off, the hormones that help the bonding and love mechanisms go away and about 5 to 8% of women have severe irritability (PMS X100 i've read). This accentuates any underlying issues that may be present. Has anyone on either side of the fence experienced this?

I will note that there are underlying issues here that each of us have and I take full responsibility for some of those affecting our MR. As stated above, i can be unyielding at times (ie stubborn and opinionated as well as uncompromising if i believe strongly about it) , we have mixed family issues including differences in how we feel about discipline, i have a lower threshold for a clean house than she does, etc. Basically I have been addressing these issues in my GAL now that she is no longer in the same house.

From the LBH threads, i took away the following things.
1) My W is more WAW than wayward. I kinda knew that, but the definitions i was getting mixed up on for awhile there. I mentinoe to our MC that the W was wayward and she agreed, but again a mix-up on definitions...As Sandi2 points out, the DB book doesn't really define any difference between the two.
2)i tend to take on too many projects and also have ideas and plans that i don't always follow through on (although i have on some). I already knew this really as i have been addressing this in my GAL as i mentioned above, however, the fact that it may have made my W lose respect for me is something i had not fully realized.
2) another thing that Cadet and another poster said in the later threads was that it really doesn't matter what the diagnosis is, the DB application is similar for all. I guess i wanted to tailor it to my situation for the biggest impact on fixing things.

Any other ideas that anyone might have to make a greater impact would be helpful. Its good to get on here and read other's stories. I see echoes of my M in so many other's stories. Again, thanks for all the input so far in my saga.