Faithandhope, There is a section in DR where Michele talks about coming home from a trip and knows H is gonna be grumpy with her..she chooses to "act as if" things were going good and it changed the outcome of the meeting. I don't know if that will help your sitch. You may want to read on act as if in DR. Patiently do the baby steps. I liked your input on my thread about zero expectations. I know it will help here. Then no matter what you can have a good day!! midwest