Thanks, Cobra. I was hoping you'd chime in. I think you're points are tracking what's truly going on in my head, and in my relationship. Lil's reaction to the thinking of "me" and expressing as "we" points out a bit of my confusion with that concept. My W says things like, "the house needs to get cleaned" or "the yard needs to be mowed." I, of course, respond with "I'll take care of it" like the trained seal I am -- or shall I say, the trained seal I used to be. Now I plan to say "okay, how should we take care of that?" or, perhaps "if you want me to mow the lawn, please ask me directly."
In other news, things are surprisingly friendly at the Hdog Manor these last few hours. I haven't said the daily IWTMLOPW today, but it's still early.