...married. Wife has been treated too well for too long. This week I've been using what I've read on TRP and found myself feeling much more in control and my wife being much more interested in me.

Tonight, however, I slipped up. I was in the basement with one of our kids. She called down something, I couldn't make it out. I ignored her, she called down again. I fell back into an old habit of making myself available and came upstairs and asked what she'd like. She said she'd like a drink now. I said I didn't realize the princess can't get her own drink (I was sorta pissed at being beckoned). I believe I failed her test as a) I came upstairs and b) I was willing to get her a drink. She said it's obviously too much of a bother and got her own drink and continued to be pissed at being called Princess.

I told her I was only kidding around (failed again).

What I've learned is asserting myself is easy when it's not difficult.