800Wife

A journal for ordinary marriages

Tool · 5 min

Warmth Index

Five lines about yesterday and today. It names which warmth thinned out — and one ordinary thing to put back before the week hardens.

Built on bids for connection: a small ask for attention, humor, touch, or teamwork, and whether the other person turns toward it. Yesterday and today only. A thin week is information, not a verdict on the marriage.

Answer for yesterday and today only. A thin week is information, not a verdict on the marriage.

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Someone made a small bid — a joke, a look, a “come here” — and the other turned toward it.

Warmth

We touched without it being a negotiation or a lead-in.

Touch

A joke landed as warmth, not as a cut.

Humor

We did one small thing as a team — a bag, a sink, a child handoff.

Team

I would choose this person again for the next seven days.

Choice