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DAYS 1-10
Day #1 - Love is Patient
Day #2 - Love is Kind
Day #3 - Love is not Selfish
Day #4 - Love is Thoughtful
Day #5 - Love is not Rude
Day #6 - Love is not Irritable
Day #7 - Love believes the Best
Day #8 - Love is not Jealous
Day #9 - Love Makes Good Impressions
Day #10 - Love is Unconditional
DAYS 21-30
Day #21 - Love is Satisfied in God
Day #22 - Love is Faithful
Day #23 - Love Always Protects
Day #24 - Love vs. Lust
Day #25 - Love Forgives
Day #26 - Love is Responsible
Day #27 - Love Encourages
Day #28 - Love Makes Sacrifices
Day #29 - Love's Motivation
Day #30 - Love Brings Unity
DAYS 11-20
Day #11 - Love Cherishes
Day #12 - Love Lets the Other Win
Day #13 - Love Fights Fair
Day #14 - Love takes Delight
Day #15 - Love is Honorable
Day #16 - Love Intercedes
Day #17 - Love Promotes Intimacy
Day #18 - Love Seeks to Understand
Day #19 - Love is Impossible
Day #20 - Love is Jesus Christ
DAYS 31-40
Day #31 - Love and Marriage
Day #32 - Love meets sexual needs
Day #33 - Love Completes Each Other
Day #34 - Love Celebrates Godliness
Day #35 - Love is Accountable
Day #36 - Love is God's Word
Day #37 - Love agrees in Prayer
Day #38 - Love Fulfills Dreams
Day #39 - Love Endures
Day #40 - Love is a Covenant
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Day 12 - no intimacy, but a mildly good day.
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01-11-2011
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01-11-2011 – Day 12 – Love lets the other win. Thanks again for all the comments. Thanks Sean for reminding me what I have been through before and posted before. I do make an effort to read posts from people here and my older posts as the...
Day 17 - Love Promotes Intimacy
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04-30-2010
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04-29-2010 I have been away this week for training. It seemed like a good idea a couple of weeks ago to be gone from the house and give Laura her space and time to miss me. Now, I missed her like crazy. I thought about us, my life, my relationship with...
Day One – Last chance already done? Time to get right with God!
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11-01-2010
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Day One – Last chance already done? Time to get right with God! Laura has told me that she wants to move and divorce. She hates me for ruining our perfect life together. She feels that she can't trust me not to hurt her anymore. She feels like...
Day 1 - starting again, for the final chance?
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12-23-2010
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12-23-2010 - Day 1 – Love is Patient. So I start again, for probably the last time. As I posted before I am pretty much at my lowest point. Laura has seen a lawyer, she has the paperwork for a divorce in her hands. She has talked with me and started...
Day 33/Part 2 - Love Completes Each Other
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09-19-2010
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09-18-2010 – Day 33/Part 2 – Love Completes Each Other Today asked me to tell, remind Laura that I seek her counsel, her opinions matter and I need her input with my decisions. This has not really been an issue. When we were having major problems...
Day 17 - a step sideways. Am I losing focus?
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01-23-2011
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Day 17 – 01/22/2011 – Love Promotes Intimacy Intimacy is out of the question for us. She won't even allow me to kiss, hug or hold her. Wow, talk about pulling away. The weekend started weird and went downhill from there, with a small bright...
01/31/2011 - The End.
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01-31-2011
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01/31/2011 – Confused again. Everything was clear and now it is clouded. Thank you all for your prayers, your concerns, your words and suggestions. I assure you all that I have not turned my back on God and I know I must put Him first in my life...
Day 11 - an end to intimacy.
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01-09-2011
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01-08-2011 – Day 11 – Love Cherishes I came home from our day away and Laura greeted the kids with a nice hug and me with a half-hearted hug. I went for a kiss and was greeted with hair again. I asked what was wrong. She finally told me, she...
Day 32/Part 2 - Love Meets Sexual Needs
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09-18-2010
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09-16/17-2010 Day 32/Part 2 – Love Meets Sexual Needs I came home from training Thursday evening and spent a nice evening on the couch, watching some TV, talking and catching up with Laura, nothing major or heavy. We flirted a little bit but she...
Day 14 - still no love and I should back off more?
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01-15-2011
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Day 14 – 01/14/2011 – Love takes delight There is nothing to give up to spend time with Laura. She thinks I am home too much already. Actually half kidding with that statement but she has told me that we do not 'need' to do everything...
Day 24/Part 2 - Love vs Lust
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08-30-2010
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08-28-2010 – Day 24/Part2 – Love vs. Lust Home from work this morning and sensing some awkwardness with interactions with Laura. She got up, talked a bit, did her computer stuff and headed out to take the oldest shopping. I stayed home with...
Day 18 - a day of understanding, finally.
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01-25-2011
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Day 18 – 01/24/2011 – Love seeks to understand. So I have been slapped in the face again, a wake up call. Laura told me exactly what you guys have been telling me and now I need to listen. I sent her an email admitting my failings (I know...
Day 2 - She said she is taking me back.
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12-24-2010
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12-24-2010 – Day 2 – Love is Kind The rest of yesterday was awesome. We watched some shows together and went to bed, together. We were intimate for the first time in ages. I slept better than I have in months. I believed there is chance for...
Day 16 - another couple of good days. I am actually looking forward to being home again.
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01-21-2011
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Another couple of good days. I was wondering how things would be after a good couple of days and then I worked Tuesday, a couple of texts Tuesday were nice. Wednesday I was gone all day teaching, until 10pm at night. I did see her in class at noon for...
Day 35/Part 2 - Love is Accountable
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09-23-2010
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Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 09-22-2010 Day 35/Part 2 – Love is Accountable I have the same problem with this dare as I did in Part 1. There just aren’t any good, stable marriages in our lives that we see anymore....
01-06/07-2011 - Day 10 - and away I go. I am missing my time with my wife.
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01-07-2011
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01-06/07-2011 – Day 10 – Love is Unconditional After yesterday's exchange I left it be. I am learning, I prayed, found 'busy' work around the station house and had a good day. She texted me at night telling me phone and internet...
Day 5 - If I ask she will think I haven't been paying attention........and I have.
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12-28-2010
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12-28-2010 - Day 5 - Love is not rude I decided against asking her what 3 things she considered most important for me to work on, or my issues. She has been totally honest throughout the relationship with me, my issues, she just doesn't hold back...
Day 6 - adding margin, and some insecurity sneaks in.
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12-30-2010
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12-30-2010 – Day 6 – Love is Not Irritable To start I will address some comments with Day 5, Stephen suggested I ask about the information already presented to me. I did. I told Laura what I perceived as my biggest issues and how I was changing...
Day 4 - Bleaker still, I pray for God's comfort because this is killing me.
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11-07-2010
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Day 4 – Bleaker Still. I pray for God's comfort because this is killing me. We went to the martial arts formal dinner/dance last night. She hardly said anything to me during dinner, a table was her, I and the kids so we didn't speak. I asked...
Day 15 - a good couple of days off.
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01-18-2011
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Day 15 – 01/17/2011 – Love is Honorable I had a great couple of days off. No intimacy, but a good couple of days with my wife, at least while she is still my wife. I came home Sunday AM. And took a quick nap. I showered and took my eldest...
Day 9 - still confused, but I have to believe the best of her.
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01-06-2011
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01-05-2011 – Day 9 – Love is not irritable Well, it has gone bad again and unlike the last few time I cannot put my finger on why, I swear I didn't do anything wrong this time. I came home from work Tuesday and Laura was gone shopping...
Day 1 - good and bad
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04-09-2010
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04-09-2010 - so day was pretty easy. I held my tongue and didn't say anything negative, argumentative to my wife. I was patient. I started the day with a friend for breakfast and met my wife at martial arts class at noon. We had a quick greeting,...
Day 13 - no fighting, but would fighting would mean she cared a little bit.
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01-13-2011
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Day 13 – 01/12/2011 – Love fights fair We haven't been fighting, sometimes I think that would be an improvement, It would show that she is putting in an effort and shows that she actually cares about what happens to us. At least anger...
Day 3 - at work and actually missing my wife.
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12-25-2010
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12-25-2010 – Day 3 – Love is Not Selfish. Today asked me to get her something that told her I was thinking about her today. As yesterday was Christmas I got her tickets to a show she wanted, even though we agreed not to exchange gifts. I am...
Day 8 - a dinner date (??) and an OK evening, Less intimacy but still time together.
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01-03-2011
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01-03-2010 – Day 8 – Love is not Jealous Destroying her negative list was easy, again. I try not to think negatively of her, even when I do not agree with her reaction to our current situation. I am accepting her pulling away and needing time...
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