Question if anyone wants to address it.

With W's surgical recovery, she spends most of her time in her recliner or on the couch, watching TV.

When I'm home, I'm otherwise engaged. If she needs help with something, I help her, but at the moment we are probably as close to separated as possible while being under one roof. Not even much texting.

The question is, can this be overdone? Is it possible to give too much "space?"

The reason I ask is because one of her core complaints that led to our breakdown was, "You don't seem to want to talk to me" or "Our conversations are too superficial." Wondering if the current state of affairs might just look like more of the same.


Me 59 W 47
T 26 M 23
S18, S14
BD May 2023
D filed June 2023
OM1 confirmed: December 2023
OM2 confirmed: October 2023