DJ_Traveler said:
The road to being a Don Juan is tough while the road to an AFC is easy. Like you guys said, Josh is just another guy wanting to get into my wife's pants or who knows what.
The issue is not Josh but rather my wife lack of respect and myself since I can be my worse enemy.
Despite what my wife just pulled last Thursday, I still love my wife, and I am not ready to drop her.
However, from this point on I feel that I must take the time to re-evaluate myself and my goals. After two years of marriage with a modern woman there is a good chance that I have regained some AFC attributes that I have worked so long to get rid off.
I plan on re-reading the great articles on this site and I started listening in the car to David DeAngelo CDs.
The best thing to do to straighten this crap out is to do a 180. Do the opposite of what you usually do. If you're suffocating her, STOP! If you're controlling her, STOP! If you're too nice and letting her walk on you, STOP and do the opposite. If she gets angry, and you're pacifying her, STOP and do the opposite. IF you shrug off bad behavior, STOP and sit her as s down and tell her what you think. If you're always home, get a hobby and stay busy. If your never home, start spending some time at home. If you're spending too much time together, start spending some time apart. If you're not together enough, start doing some date nights.
Fear is a powerful motivator. If you do anything motivated by fear, it's the wrong thing to do. If it's something you're scared to do, then it may be the right thing to do.
She's thinking 2 things about you.
1. I know Traveler, and he's not much of mystery.
2. He'll never change (predictable).
Stop walking on eggshells. Don't let her do you wrong because if you do, then you're doing yourself wrong, and she won't respect that at all.