180+180 = 360. Sure does...I teach grade 7 math... and that's what I tell my students, but think of it this way: where does your circle start. You see, depending on the circumferance (is that how it is spelled in english ???) your 360 may simply lead you to where you WANT to be.
In simpler terms...when you started doing 180's, it wasn't to start doing things differently then you had EVER done them, cause if you were together and in love at fisrt, it is because you were doing SOMETHING right! The 180's were departures from actions, paterns, behaviors that had developped and were counter productive. You did NOT start doing the opposite of what you had EVER done, simply the opposite of these younger, destructive paterns. So maybe now is the time to look back and do that extra 180, full circle! Where did your circle start? At the begging of the relationship, not when the relationship started suffering.
Man I hope this is makin sens!
Dont ask to get your needs fulfilled...make it so they WILL get fulfilled. You posted to me about self fulfilling prophecies...well make this a POSITIVE self fulfilling prophecy! Put yourself (and your wife of course) in a position to get what you need/desire!
Chin up! Suck in that belly! Stand tall! And "Just do it"!