AS thank you for your words of wisdom. I did t have time to write out the whole dialogue but I was validating her statements. Not as good as you put it. I am definitely learning a lot about validating. You are right; the first thing I want to do is fix the problem. But I am working on validating. As far as a response to that statement, “I know the kids and I can be exhausting and I’m sorry you are so tired. I will take the kids later today to give you some free time to relax.”
How is that? AS I appreciate how you show me how to answer, it’s definitely helping me. That is definitely something that she wants, she just wants to be heard and understood. Something I definitely got wrong in the marriage.


M:42 XW:41
T:19 M: 15
D:13 S:10
BD: 8/10/18
Moved out: 8/18
Moved in: 9/18/18
Moved out: 4/22/19
D papers signed 11/4/19
D final 3/18/20