Divorce because I betrayed her trust - PART 7

[DaB35]

Hi All, small update.

I sent off the paperwork in the post on Friday evening. W will probably get it today.
I printed the guidelines/helpsheet and put everything in order so she shouldn't have trouble filling in the right bits.

We need to send the L certain certificates relating to the house when it was built. I've asked the local authority for some, but one is (I'm positive) in the house still. I left a load of paperwork in my study in case the buyers/estate agents wanted to look at them. W says she looked 'thoroughly' and couldn't find it. I don't have it at my parents' house, so I think W just hasn't looked properly. I'm waiting for her to demand I go to the house this week. I am going on Saturday with my sister to get a few things anyway, but I don't intend to take time out of my week to go up before then. I'm not worrying too much; I'll just be honest and say, "I can't go up til Saturday" and leave it at that. I won't explain why.

One query - assuming we see each other soon (to sort out the remaining bits and bobs in the house that are too small to go on the official finance order), let's say we end up having a conversation like below (with W instigating, not me), which gives me a chance to offer validating statements:

W - "[states a feeling]."
Me - "OK it seems like you're feeling [x] about [y], is that right?"
W - "Yes...[talks some more]"
Me - "Right, that must be very [emotion] for you."
W - "So you agree [y]?"

What do I respond with? I thought validating was not about agreeing with the thing, just acknowledging how they feel about the thing.