Quote: Just have fun while I have the chance and deal with stuff later. Maybe not the best approach, but its what I gotta do.
I think this is a great approach! Enjoy the family time while you have it and stay upbeat so your W looks forward to the next time you can spend time together. I think this will actually be a bigger deal to her than you may realize. One of the things that used to be really difficult for me was the feeling of everything having to happen RIGHT NOW! We had to solve every little thing RIGHT NOW. The world would end if we didn't discuss it to death and deal with it RIGHT NOW. It was difficult to look forward to together time because I never knew what was going to crop up that would become more important than just enjoying some time together. KWIM? It always felt so desperate which made the R seem too fragile.
Have some fun and relax.
Bear
ps. Just a thought. If MIL is there almost every day anyway, could you set up a weekly or monthly date where you can cut out of work early and MIL can stay with the kids so you and your W can go for a coffee or something?
The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.
--Marcel Proust
