Stats: 40, married 18 years, 4 kids. 5’11” 175 lbs, 15% bf still skinny fat abs barely visible. Lifts: sq 235, bench 190, op 110, dl 250, row 140

First, a quick FR from this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/askMRP/comments/8gkfap/on_beards/

Beard continues to grow. Much faster than last year probably because I am not a skinny fat beta and squats realeasing more T.

Shit tests from wife have skyrocketed as expected. Doing my best to STFU or be cocky funny and A&A. Having fun with it for the most part, but she has become annoying. No problem. Withdraw presence and do my own shit.

Sex had improved over the last couple of months to 2-4 a week and higher quality.

She has cut me off to zero now. Says she doesn’t find me attractive with the beard. Acts DTF, teases, then throws out shaving as her conditions. Nope. Fuck off. This morning I laughed and told her “I don’t negotiate with terrorists” and took the dog for a walk. I truly DNGAF about the sex. Past being butthurt there, but still wrapped up in the disrespect and her use of sex as currency.

Big power struggle that I am detrimined to win by focusing on my mission, upping the dread and squaring away my ability to make the go plan the same as the stay plan. Still quite a bit of rope to play out there.

As to my question: All my posts are long stupid victim pukes so I’m going to drop facts and answer questions with details rather than try to give all up front.

Having trouble with a particular shit test. She uses the kids as the moral high ground in many arguments that have nothing to do with other the kids so it’s me being a bad father by not being in her frame.

Especially if I withdraw and go do my own thing I am instantly negelecting the kids etc. sometimes I just them with me but can’t do that at kids bedtime when she tends to shit test me hard. Our son has Down syndrome and doesn’t like dad being gone but she can handle it when I am. She texts me constantly every time I go do one of my activities that he is being difficult refuses to eat refuses to go to bed etc.

Anyway I could write a book about the kids bedtime shit tests. Ask if you want more details but it is a hole in my leadership and frame.

Anything I can do to shut down the weaponized kids shit test?