Yep, if it makes you feel any better, I STILL monitor what I say and do around my DH. Unfortunate, but true.
I don't know if I will ever NOT think twice about everything I say or do.
We have been reconciled for 1.5 yrs now and I still struggle with saying ILY. Maybe someday that will change.
so, yeah, I agree, it stinks that we can't just "BE" anymore. Then again, if I had known that before my separation certain things are better left unsaid, I might not have ever been a LBS in the first place. So I guess I look at this as my punishment. Live and learn.
That being said, I have seen in your sitch that when you stop the "why don't you love me the way I love you" stuff with your DW, she starts coming around. Unfortunate that we have to play these games in our marriages. Uggghhh.