Tim,

Don't keep track of the days you've done this. Just live it. I know you're scared of losing her but the one sure fire way of doing it is to not listen to her plea for space and to keep pressuring her. I laid off for a couple of months before things even began to slowly get better. There is no time line with this until one of you calls it quits or the marriage is repaired. Even now, I treat him as a friend. A passionate friend but still a friend. Not a friend without expectations but still with the respect we give our friends. It was the one thing I had forgotten to do in my marriage and look where it got me.

I'm serious though, the one sure fire way to lose your spouse is to keep bringing up the om and R talks.

I'm serious though, the one sure fire way to lose your spouse is to keep bringing up the om and R talks.

I'm serious though, the one sure fire way to lose your spouse is to keep bringing up the om and R talks.

I've said this over and over on other people's threads. Michelle talks about it in her books. Other counselors/authors say the same thing and yet people still say, "Yeah but..." Yeah but, my situation is different. Yeah but, you don't know my spouse. Yeah but, this might drive them away. Yeah but..... I don't notice any of these people progressing anywhere in their stitchs until they STOP the pursuit.