wife and I live on the west coast and our family lives in the midwest where we grew up, met her in high school, fell in love, kids blah blah the whole thing. Sex life and marriage in general became stale, mostly because me being too beta and trying to cater to her every whim. I came to RP wanting more sex, but the real goal I am finding out is becoming a better man and leader of my family. I'm now down to 13% body fat and have been focusing on leading my family, working out, and eating healthier. I have picked up cooking, tennis, and I signed my wife and up for dance classes, it's actually more enjoyable than I thought. We have sex about twice a week but not still how I'd like it but it's a work in progress.

I'm in business and she's a STAHM but wants to pursue her elementary teacher degree. my wife and our two daughters 4 and 6 are out of town visiting her family in our hometown. I cannot leave work right now so they're going to be without me. I have read that texting should be for logistics only and we used to text a lot before all of this. As soon as she landed she texted me letting me know they got there safe, which eased my mind. She has now been texting non-stop saying it's stupid how I didn't come and why would I let them go without me and that she misses me and she's bored to anger for not responding to her much. I usually respond with miss you babe enjoy yourself, have fun, busy with work or STFU. I've been occupied with work and working on multiple projects in the household.

I was face timing my daughter with her showing me all the presents she got from her grandparents aunts and uncles, within five minutes her mother told her it's mommy's turn honey and took the iPad into their room and just asking me how's my day been, how's the dog, what have I been doing, do I miss her. Her telling me she misses me and she enjoys seeing her family but she can't wait to come home. I tried to make the conversation short because it was disrespectful for what she did to daughter and me and to give her back the ipad. She then made a remark about her being the parent so she should be able to do what she wants in a bratty tone. I wasn't bitter or butthurt during the convo, I kept a smile and was answering her questions with short responses. When I asked to hand the ipad back to daughter she huffed and said "whatever fine" and gave it back to her.

They are going to be gone for another week and I was wondering how I should handle communication between us, if we talk too much how am I supposed to expect her desire to build? I've become aware of MRP and have started the process around 3 months ago. Should I have handled the situation differently? Thanks.