Well, Dave, it is my WAH who catalogs and remembers every detail. He has what he calls "tickets", too. Tickets are the "good things" he does. And he thinks he can cash in his "tickets" when things go wrong, or he is the one who hurt someone. "Tickets" are also the "bad things" that people have done to him. So, he gets to keep, and use his "tickets" in any way that supports his ideas of right and wrong. Seems quite odd to me.
I have always taken the road that says that as humans, we are flawed. We will make mistakes. Ask for forgiveness, MEAN IT, and let it go. Why bother storing resentments? I know that God doesn't want us to do that. It is so counterproductive to a happy life.
"Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord." Psalms 27:14
Me: 53 H: 56 Married: 1998 S 25 (not at home) SS 25 (not at home) Sep 5/05- 8/05 Sep briefly 11/06 Sep 5/07 Served D papers 7/28/07