3 weeks in Europe, and I feel quite purged of the short-term mental clutter of the past 2 months. I'm no longer afraid of her divorcing me, though I am sad about the possibility. I believe our relationship is fixable, that we can re-enter into a new marriage. I'm not sure if she feels the same, though I'm pretty sure she does not know what she wants. She told me upon my return that she is stressed in multiple areas of her life, and while I love her deeply, I'm not going to get pulled into her stresses right now. Unfortunately, it looks like the oldest of our cats has less than a week left before we have to show her compassion and end her pain. My wife did not accompany me in April when I had to put down the first of our pets (we had 5 at that point); she did not want to have an intimate, emotional moment with me. This time, however, I'm insisting that she accompany me. I can't make her, but I can let her know that it is important to me, and make reasonable demands of her relative to our relationship is something I've never really done. I never set my own boundaries, and a lot of the reason for where we've ended up is because of that. I'll voice my desires, but I'm not going to invest in resentment if she can't come through on this one.

Yeah, I'd love to go to a class. However, I live out in the sticks in S.C. and they'd be like yoga-what? haaha! I've done a little of it on Wii Fit.

You're so welcome. Make it a great day! Kassandra