Tim,
My W is similar to yours when S19 is out. She is constantly listening for his car. When he's in and has a friend with him she is paranoid they will hear us (despite the fact that they are in the den playing noisy games. S19 usually goes to bed really late and D16 is never in bed befor midnight and she ususally come in to see us for a chat in our bed. There is a lot of stress at ML time isn't there. At least you get some passionate kissing. I only get to peck her which can be close to her lips if I am quick enough as she is turning her head away. The journey is so long and it seems she's holding out until death do us part.

Quote Tim: "...and that the way things have been going, if that continues there won't be much of anything to celebrate."
This doesn't sound very differentiated to me Tim.

SD