Seemed to make an impression because he brought the book and asked me about something he was reading in DR. A letter from a woman describing how she felt about her laid-back H. He asked if that's how I feel.

Holy guacamole! That's wonderful. He really is taking this seriously.

I'm just chilling out.. doing my thing.. and being conciously aware of my feelings.. good and bad.

And when you live like this, it leaves a space for H to step into and he has been. It must feel good to him to feel like he has an invested role in your marriage, and can be responsible to it. Sometimes when we (well, NOT ME... I mean the rest of you... I'm completely innocent of this, yep, sure) do all the work, they aren't left with any motivation to try. WELL DONE!!