Everybody's Caught in a Spin...

[Daybreak]

Just a minor update concerning differences in style:

Last week we found out at work that someone who had been a contract employee at work for over a year and whose contract my bosses allowed to expire had filed a civil lawsuit against the temp agency who actually employed him, the company where I work and our state Department of Employment Opportunity (who originally reviewed his complaints he filed and was summarily dismissed as being baseless). In with the suit filing was about an inch thick stack of papers relating to people who have been viewed as "bullied" or "picked upon" and incidents such as Columbine, the Virginia Tech slayings and others. Having worked with the guy in question for the better part of the year, much of what he described as "bullying" at work was nothing of the sort and everyone I knew treated him properly.

Needless to say, there was enough information and concern that security at work has been heightened and we have a police presence for the immediate future. When I told W in detail about all of this, she did not express any degree of validation or concern for what my coworkers and I are going through and really acted very dismissively.

Last evening, W found out that the next two weeks at work would be very hectic and stressful as a critical deadline is approaching and people from her home office were delaying getting critical information to her. This is not the first time she has gone through this - so I listented attentively and validated her heightened frustration level. I thanked her for letting me know and mentioned that the kids and I would do our best to keep the home front going.

Now I am beginning to understand more deeply how different W and I truly are - and how I can't really expect her to be there for me any more...