Larry I wanted to respond to this post of yours without threadjacking, so I thought I'd do a call out.


Do you recall the context of those discussions Larry ? That you were proclaiming 98% recovery 8 weeks after d-day ?
I'd be interested for you to post what my "blow up" looked like. All I can recall are rejections of your opinions, and advice to be careful regarding the certainty of your recovery so soon after d-day.


If only I had taken your advice in '05 Larry I could have shared in your wonderful marital success.



Nice to know that my marriage struggles amuse you Larry. Sorry to end the joke, but my wife has been investing in our marriage using MB principles for six months now, built on the foundation of our experiences. I'll be sure to post if we take another downturn to make sure you get another giggle.

Bob:

You probably haven't seen some of my posts about a woman's need for security as it relates to the financial. This is absolute Harley doctrine. At the time, I was reading everything I could read about marriage and family life from a woman's POV. I still do.

On the other hand, guys hate being considered a meal ticket, yet that is exactly what we are. My smile was not out of any mean spirit on my part but rather glad for you that things were finally going in your direction. Nobody who has lived through what you and I have lived through could or would consider infidelity a joke.

At the time, you were venting and I offered a suggestion, nothing more, nothing less, and you took strong exception. You were offended that someone with my little experience could offer up a Harley method point. It wasn't stated that way by me, but that was what it was and is. And my memory is that you were not kind in your rejection of my well meaning comment.

We are all islands of self interest, are we not? The bottom line is that Squid has decided that she needs to give you a return on your emotional investment. And that is a good thing because it seems to make you happy.

Thanks to the lessons I learned from Harley and all the help I received from these forums, we, my wife and I, did indeed reach 98% in short order. We never did reach 100% because we stalled out due to generational differences that we could not overcome. Yet to this day, there is enormous affection between the two of us that I believe will stand the test of time. I am content with my lot in life.

Hindsight being what it is, I do wish I had not made the post that rankled you and had found some other way of making the point I was trying to make at the time. It was old business that should have stayed old.

Larry