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Why did you accept that she had crossed your boundary?


I don’t know. In this particular case, it was during the EA and in the buildup to the PA and D. I just looked at it as more justification for what I was doing and thinking.
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Why didn't you cart the puppy back up and take it back?


I should have, but see the answer to number one.
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I believe that your wife treats you the way she does is because you have essentially taught her how to treat you. We all do that.


I believe that you’re absolutely, unequivocally, 100% correct. But I have 30 years of inertia propelling me down this path and I don’t know how to change it.

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