Wife in Major MLC...Looking to Vent

[bombardier50]

Well, from what I've read, last night was classic MLC.

We're at the dinner table, and I'm trying to make harmless small talk. But the Klingon is deep in thought. Finally, after a long pause, she looks at me straight in the eye and says:

"You broke my heart."
"And I don't know if it can be fixed."

It took me a minute to digest this, but then I realized how I broke her heart: by confronting her over her EA several weeks ago. Apparently, expressing my discomfort over her "friendship" was enough to break her heart. Okay, fine. But if that "breaks her heart", doesn't that make it more than a friendship?

Oh...silly me. That's MLC talking.

So I just said that I was sorry she feels that way.

And since she couldn't get a reaction out of me for that one, she decided to throw in this gem:

"Maybe all that was holding us together was the kids."

I just looked at her and smiled gently and said: "I think alot of couples go through this when the last kid leaves the house. I think it's pretty common. I think MC might help us navigate through it." Blah, blah, blah.

We stare at each other. Finally, she gets noticeably irritated at my refusal to jump into the hole with her and says "TALK!"

Me: "I think these would all be good things to bring up at MC tomorrow."

She just sat there, staring off into space. I cleared the table.

I wonder if she's nervous about MC...afraid that her little sham won't stand the light of day? And then she'll have to decide...

I got a good night's sleep last night, and things don't look quite as hopeless today. But they still look pretty bad. I'm going to the doctor today, and I'll see if she'll give me something to help me sleep. I'm a mess when I don't sleep...everything looks worse.