KatrinaLynn
I really hope that it works out for both of you. When you love someone as much as you obviously do, it hurts that much more when you are rejected or hurt.
I ran into heavy weather when I shared a lot very early in my journey. It was almost terminal as I didn't really understand what was happening or where I was going and my wife really wanted reassurance and more certainty than I could provide. It caused a power shift in our relationship and I found myself on the back foot. It proved quite difficult to recover but we now seem to be stronger than before my transition started.
Along the way I have drawn a line in the sand twice - the first with needing respect and the second to be feeling/seeing her love. If she had decided to step back or continued to withhold herself but share her criticism then it really would have been all over. It was a high risk strategy and it worked, but it could so easily have gone the other way.
As time has passed I am becoming a little less impatient, less easily frustrated and am less easily hurt. My journey has been hard for her, for me and for us. She has had to reassess what is important to her and her view of the person she married. She didn't ask for this journey but has had to deal with it.
I wish you and your wife all the very best.
Aisla