A familiar story with questions NINE

[RR17]

So, quick update:
W has doubled down on courtesy and respect. She asks me before granting permission to D16. Something she has avoided in an effort to enable the child's every whim. She has taken more initiative to plan dinners, something she has tended to leave to me.

One thing that I realized after our R talk last week was that when I explained that I had felt that W was open to me initiating sex, she asked how so? I gave her examples and she listened. W never challenged these examples of her behavior. She seemed curious and almost dumbfounded. I told her that even though she had said, long ago, that she didn't want to have sex, that she seemed to be moving closer and that after deducting that she would never initiate, I decided to take a chance. W listened and never became defensive. Still so self-unaware.

Anyway, life continues like friendly platonic co-parenting friends. I think the threat of losing me may have gotten her attention.