Good morning everyone This past week has simply skipped me, I did check in a couple of times and was just bowled over by the wonderful discussion going on in my previous thread. Before I pick up on the thoughts posted, I want to update you on a significant breakthrough we have had over the weekend.

No, it was not the 'chat' I thought we would have one day. It was nevertheless a sense of peace, of genuinely being happy in each other's company. And acknowledging it to each other. It started off as a normal weekend, a spot of shopping, some house cleaning. Then a friend invited us to a party, and I was just comfortable where I was, NG could see this in my body language and apparently felt the same. After declining, he opened up to how happy he is just hanging out with me, and that he rushes home after meetings because there is no where else he wants to be. And he could see it was the same with me.

It was a moment of resonance. It told me more than anything else that we are OK. There will be occassions of discord, but we will work through them. In our own way, me by coming here, and him by stewing in his issues. Neither of us is wrong, and neither do we feel we should necessarily discuss every issue with each other.

We got here by mostly giving each other a lot of space, and speaking up when necessary. NG did say that he needed the same level of privacy he enjoyed before the affair, and understood how difficult it was for me. That he would try not to be so 'secretive'. All this without me saying anything. Just him observing that I was quieter than normal. He is watching me very carefully, it seems.

Slowly


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