They finally had the start of some good conversations, although they ended too soon by one of them or the other. Lois is doing a wonderful job of making Clark feel cherished and wanted; just taking a day off to spend time with him at home or working on the story, that together with the evening before, looks to me like it has given him enough so that now he is coming to realize that he cannot leave her or try to force her to leave, and he's already not shutting her out so much.
Their falling in love all over again is so wonderful. That's what keeps marriages going through tough times: you keep remembering why you married them, why you love them, and work on communicating that and renewing your commitment to each other; sometimes one partner giving more than the other. Marriage is a beautiful thing, but it also takes a lot of effort, very worthwhile, but a lot of hard work. Lois has really stepped up to it now with the reaching out during the evening and next day, and it appears that Clark over the past year had been doing his best to accommodate what he thought Lois needed -- supporting her being Editor and what he thought was her need to escape not being able to have a child, until he started panicking over her tears.
“Lois,” he began. “Lois, you need to accept that we can’t -.”
I'm getting the feeling that Lois cut him off here because she's afraid that the talk he wants to have is about the trip and that the weekend away won't be enough to fix their marriage and that's why he doesn't want to go; but we see that Clark is trying to talk to her to make sure she knows that the weekend away is not going to bring them the child she wants. I think Clark took a huge step in bringing this up when they were having such a lovely breakfast in bed, and after he had been trying to decide if he needs to make sure she knows that before they go or be there for her after (for which I think the answer should be both, as she needs to know asap what’s really on his mind, and he what’s on her mind and support each other no matter what happens).
It is frustrating that they still didn't have the talk they need to really communicate and get on the same page, however they've already come a long way and their hope in each other for their relationship is building. But they both still "have a lot of 'splaining to do."
Evelyn
