ANS, I absolutely agree with the suggestion that you read "The Five Love Languages"! I was actually thinking about that one day while I was reading your thread, but for some reason was thinking that you had read it. I got my copy from amazon.com. I found it extremely enlightening! I would be willing to loan my copy out if you want, but first I would have to get it back from another DBer. Let me know if you'd like me to do that, okay?
I hope I didn't hurt your feelings the other day while putting my 2 cents worth in. That sure wasn't my intent!
It sounds like your W wants things to be better between you two. That's definitely a start.