Monday, August 13, 2007

Her hope -- Controlled Separation

By the time I was back out to the house on Sat at 10a as I agreed (post-evaluation as well), M had hauled out our copies of "Should I Stay or Should I Go". A book about "Controlled Separation" where a couple separates with specific understandings and rules and such (like how much they will / will not see each other, whether either will date, how long the "trial separation" will go before a "redetermination" about the continued need.... etc.

I knew what she was doing.....

She also used the opportunity that I (perhaps foolishly) provided by being there and agreeing to take her to the grocery, as she is still a bit hobbled and all, to interact with me in a more intimate conversational way -- covering a lot of ground she'd wanted to for some time, and ending up with her feeling listened to, etc, etc....

All in all, the overall weekend ended up quite cordial -- although with many admonitions from me about "not setting any precedents" and that sort of thing.

She even deeply desired and initiated a round of NSA sex. Which I relented about, as her previous memory of "the last time" was one I wanted to replace.....

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