\My wife is going to leave me in 5 days--help!

[AFWAW]

Ok, she just called. I let it ring 3 times again before answering so she doesn't think I'm just waiting for her to call. Asked her she was doing and she said ok. Told her I noticed a $200 withdraw from my account for her apartment. She said fine I'll give you the money the next time I see you. What else, she said. I said that's it. She said something to the effect of she didn't think I'd be like her previous ex. I said how is that? She said, it sounds like you're going to nickel and dime everything and something to the effect that she wrote the check when the account was still joint. I said $200 is not nickel and diming when it comes out of my check and this whole thing is not my decision. I cannot help when the apartment people cash the check but regardless of when you wrote it, the amount was withdrawn yesterday.

I said, I see you also lied to me. She said how's that? I said, you told me that you weren't going to make a move on an apartment until 2 days after I got back and you did it on the day after I got back. She said, so are you pissed off about that, I said no, it's just an observation and duely noted. She said "LET ME TALK TO MY DAUGHTER" I said, I'm sorry, she's in the shower now.

Ok, I think I did ok with the exception of bringing up the fact that she lied to me. I didn't get scared talking to her or confronting her. She tried to intimidate me and I didn't let her. She is not going to affect my mood with her reactions anymore. I was just matter of fact without being rude--civil and business like.