tbone, I like your idea about every day you have being the next step to success. I believe that a PMA is very important. I know that my problem is the fact that this has happened again and again. About every 6 months, H says again maybe we should separate. This has been going on since before the millenium. In between, everything has been nice. Therefore, it is difficult, when everything seems nice again, to believe his happiness will stick. I have accepted that I must not have met his expectations/needs in some way, and am trying my best to understand what the problem might be. It almost defies explanation. My H seems happy now. He smiles at me all the time and is loving. I have decided, though, not to plan for the future. It is too changeable.