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but the fact remains that I've only just begun to feel the pain to the depth that my wife has for a long time. I think women allow themselves a lot more emotion than men, and define things much more quickly. I'm not going to make any excuses, because much of her pain was hidden by her anger, but I should have seen it.




This concept, I believe is addressed by John Gray in Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus...a book that I highly recommend for anyone looking to improve their interpesonal relationships. In essence, you are not alone here...to a large degree I did exactly the same thing in my R. The point is, it is never to late to figure these things out and while it ultimately may prove to late for your R (sorry, sometimes that does happen despite our best efforts to the contrary) it will go a long way into improving who you are and how you understand relationships.

All the best,
Rob


"Achieve success, but without vanity; Achieve success, but without aggression; Achieve success, but without gain; Achieve success, but without force." Lao Tzu