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#461288 03/06/02 07:26 PM
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How does a (former)WS Plan A her BH? I'm stuck in a rut here and nothing's changing.

#461289 03/07/02 02:09 AM
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There is no diff. weather you are BS or WS ... It is about you aquiring habit to address issues in your M. [img]images/icons/grin.gif" border="0[/img] . I am tired tonight I will post some more after I read your profile .... do you have any update ? -RH-

#461290 03/07/02 11:23 PM
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As usual redhat is right on the mark!<p>Plan A is about a better you!<p>Lower your expectation of "marital recovery"...
...and put the focus on YOU!<p>Not a selfish you... but a healthy "giving" you.<p> [img]images/icons/smile.gif" border="0[/img] <p>Jim/NSR

#461291 03/08/02 09:57 AM
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Okay, then maybe I just need help with Plan A in general. I'm WS, married 12 years. H is BS, full time college student looking to start his second career. Graduation is 11 weeks away! I just don't know what to do any more. Dday was June 2000. EA not PA. I feel like I'm totally isolated and alone. H is lonely too. Is apparently unable to tell me what I need to do differently. Help!

#461292 03/09/02 01:46 AM
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It is comforting to get complement from NSR [img]images/icons/blush.gif" border="0[/img] . Marissa, have you print out LBQ and ENQ ?. Fill it out on the behalf of your H. Guess the best you can ... the order is not important ... as long you could hit the top 5. Think what made him mad and ... concentrate on what H said or complaint ... those are the list of your plan A. Then design action plan to do it.<p>Just nosey, why graduation is important ?.<p>Here is Harley's word ...<p>As it turns out, in every affair there is a way to adequately compensate the offended spouse that is good for the offender and good for the marriage. At first, the offended spouse may not want to be compensated. He or she may try to get as far away from the offender as possible to avoid further pain. But if the spouse asks for forgiveness along with a willingness to compensate, the offended spouse is usually willing to entertain the proposal. <p>...<p>But in most cases, neither spouse is meeting the other's needs prior to the affair. The reason that there were not two affairs is often a lack of opportunity for the offended spouse. And sometimes when there is that opportunity, there actually are two affairs. <p>The point I'm making is that in most cases both the offending and offended spouses' emotional needs were not being met by each other prior to the affair. One compensation for the affair, therefore, is for the offending spouse to learn to meet the emotional needs of the offended spouse. But if I can also motivate the offended spouse to do something that should have been done all along, meet the offending spouse's emotional needs, the arrangement seems more fair to the offending spouse. There is not only compensation for the affair, but the conditions that created the affair (unmet emotional needs) are removed. The marriage is restored and affair-proofed. <p>...<p>Hope it helps -RH-

#461293 03/11/02 10:18 AM
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I did the ENQ about a year ago. H says he finished it last week of January. Was news to me - I must not have heard him clearly. I still haven't seen it, but hopefully we can go over at least part of it next weekend.<p>Graduation is important because he doesn't have a job yet and unemployment will run out.

#461294 03/12/02 03:13 PM
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OK, I know he needs openess and honesty. I think that's #1 right now. But I tried that yesterday and all I got was silence. Then he said he felt unheard. Asking for him to validate my feelings didn't seem to work very well. Sigh...


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