Quote: I'm seeing a few positive signs, but am trying my hardest not to get my hopes & expectations up.
You have this wrong. You SHOULD get your hopes up but you DO NOT let them turn into expectations. That's one of the hardest lessons this crap has to teach us. Many of us thrive on a live lived via expectation. If our expectations are not met, we suffer, if they are, we rejoice.
Please, have hope for your marriage, your H and yourself (not in that order please) but when things don't go the way you HOPE they do, don't take it personally because no matter how much it seems like your desires shape your world, they simply filter your reality. The world shapes itself and your H is no exception.
BTW, from VERY recently obtained experience, flirting has a whole lot to do with just expressing what YOU want, free from fear of rejection and very little to do with technique...or is that a technique...aw WTH. You know what I mean, lol.
