Recent content by RBMaelstrom

I appreciate all of the advice that you guys have given. And largely, that's what I try to do most days. It's also really the plan. I tried to make sure Margo felt good and thoroughly loved this evening, which is all I can hope for in a day. I'll continue to do that. I suppose that I was...

Ahhh, yes that is a whole different ball of wax. Take my opinion with a grain of salt, but your wife's expectations are unrealistic. I learned this lesson the hard way under similar circumstances. Relationships in general tend to spark out of things that we can't explain, acts that are hard...

Not knowing more of the specifics, I'd have to say that I agree with the above poster. Your wife sounds like she's doing a pretty impressive job of manipulating the situation. The fact is that she cannot have it both ways. Emotion is rarely rational, so you may have to let it settle a bit...

This I understand, and I have done some reading on the subject. But her concern seems rational enough, even if based in emotion. That said, I have no idea of how to assuage it.

If I may offer a perspective from the other side of the gender coin: He may have a guilt complex, or the answer could be simpler. There's something that he has niggling at the bottom of his proverbial chest and he doesn't feel like he can get it off. Maybe there's something happening in the...

Hey all, thanks in advance for reading this post and for offering any advice that you might have. My primary, Margo, and I have been together for 9 years now. We just got married earlier this year, but we've been common-law/effectively married for about 3 years now. We're both in our late 20s...