Thank you for all the great information. Been on the site before and read Michele’s book, implementing LRT, which has been effective. WAW and I have been married since 2014, and this is our second separation. First was for 3 months in 2016 while she was pregnant with our second. I have 2 from previous marriage and WAW has been a fabulous step mom. Second separation happened in August 2017. We spend time apart as my kids from previous marriage live in different state. Things have gotten better over the past few months, but slowly. Some days she is interested in having conversations, which is why I start to dialogue with her, and other times she is cold and rude to me. We continue to make future plans together like vacations, and I stay at the house for a week per month to spend time with the kids. We live with her parents who are stuck in the middle of the whole situation. Hope this helps explain things.
