I don't think it's that mysterious! They make comments and sit back and wait for you gals to take it to the next level. My H sees it like this too (or he did until the last year)...he lobs the ball over the net and if I return it, we'll have sex. If I sat back and waited for him to pursue it further, he assumes that I am not interested and am tactfully turning him down. EVEN IF he knows that I have a) never turned him down; b) requested more sex umpteen times; or c) been upset at the lack of sex recently. No advice for you ladies, just wanted to say that I know this dynamic well.
Karen, here's a potty training story for ya. We have a long Xmas drive to H's parents (about an hour) and babypot fell asleep in the car. She was wearing big girl panties and must have potty'd in her sleep, all over the carseat and her dress. H's family has this 'habit' of making a person stand outside the door and wait and wait, while they pretend they didn't hear the doorbell/knock. So I haul a dripping baby up to the door and find that they have locked it and are making me wait and so I had a little hissy upon them opening the door at last, but I apologized for it. Just as soon as I was done giving the baby a bath, washing her clothes out in the sink, changing her clothes and then hanging the wet ones on the fireplace to dry. Ahhhhhhhhhh, Merry Potty Training!
Anyway, we had an absolutely lovely Christmas. We really acted as a team, which is hard for us (I know you and your H are much better at it) during stressful times. God bless you and yours! xo
