The response to the touching thing is completely reasonable and appropriate. My response to her was, "thank you so much for sharing that. You are right, and that isn't the solution. Want I can tell you is that I am in no way looking for a quick fix, or if you'll just touch me, everything will be back to normal. The feelings you are having now towards our marriage is 20 years of pain and there is no quick fix for that." She teared up a little, thanked me for sharing.
She just left for Costco and kissed me on the way out.
Now, my feelings towards the MC session are a bit mixed. She notices all the changes, and thinks they are good, but "wants to see where this lands." I'm guessing that means either 1 of 2 things, 1) she doesn't trust that they are permanent, and/or 2) she's not really sure she'll like the new me when all is said and done. AND, this could all just be some paranoid narrative I am telling myself and it means neither .
Me: 44 Her: 42 T: 22, M: 20 D:18, S:16, S:11 Sep: 6 months in 2002 Sep again: March 15, 2015 (5 months) WAW talk again: January 21, 2019
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