Lillie,

Thanks. Now how can I address this to her? I can't imagine that she would agree that this situation is a desirable one. Here's what I believe she may be thinking but won't say, "Honey (yes, believe it or not she always calls me honey or even baby) we've got a good thing going, two wonderful children, steady income, peaceful environment. But I'm just not that interested in you as a person. You should respect this, insofar as you also benefit from your relationship with me. Why can't we just be colleagues?" She has hinted that she feels something like this and that she refrains from telling me some of her innermost feelings because she is afraid she might hurt me. In a sense I agree. I don't want her to tell me that she does not love me.

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Paul