Originally Posted by DavidUK
W went into the bedroom to collect her clothes that I had sorted ready to take. I said 'do you have happy memories of being in here?'. She said she wasn't thinking about it. I said 'thousands of happy memories'. I said it in a nice calm way.

I think most of the rest was fine.....but like....why with this? It just comes off as needy/insecure/unattractive.

It sounds like you are working to make improvements toward being more self-secure.....but I think you need to keep working on it.

Originally Posted by DavidUK
I then said that if she had a night out planned then perhaps the kids could stay overnight with me. She seemed surprised that I would offer to do that - that will be a 180. W said she was going out on Fri night. I said that she didn't have to give me the details (I already knew them LOL). That would be another 180.

I still find it weird to be offering to be more of a babysitting service than trying to come up with a fair/equitable schedule....I think that should be your goal.