Thanks for the good wishes on My Main Man, KIA. Just got my memorial bracelet. Hooah.
@Coach -- I remember your mentioning that on an earlier thread, and I gave it some serious thought then and again yesterday.
Sure, I'm not an "objective" observer, but I'm pretty convinced that this evaluation is correct -- I mean, I have (very frustrated) entries in my journals from years past that seem to bear this out. One example -- she'd "challenged" (i.e., tasked) me to go sign the kids up for summer camp a year or so ago. Okay, it's a drag -- you have to wait in line for hours -- but ya gotta do etc.
Being a wise husband, I asked in plain English: "Is there any particular way you would rather we handle this? Check? Famous Credit Card?" And WAW, being Herself, said, "No, nothing, whatever works."
Ahhh, foolish me; I took that at face value. I should have realized it was the equivalent of, "Do I look fat in this?"
So off I go, full of pep, checkbook in hand, Famous Credit Card at the ready. I signed them up for the two sessions and paid for both in advance, as paying in advance netted you a 15% discount per child -- not too shabby, I thought, as it would at a minimum cover the extra fees for the field trips they have.
Upon return to the familial manse: "Are you insane!?!? Why didn't you call me and ask me first?!?! Chr*st I KNEW I couldn't count on you! Can't you do ANYTHING right? God! You're USELESS!"
So I'm gonna go with Control Freak.
Though I like it, the dinner party analogy doesn't work for me -- too many misspent years shagging plates in restaurants. I'm all about the Kitchen Team (dream GAL activity -- buy original 1930s diner, totally rehab, bring to Coastal State, open for breakfast and lunch, hang out behind counter and talk to everyone).
@robx: Do you have definite date for "D" day? How is the divorce process thus far, stalled, in progress, what state is it in right now?
No date certain. The Mouthpiece has his peeps finishing up the disclosure paperwork. Her Mouthpiece sent a really sh*tty, snotty letter to mine, one that p*ssed us both off. We're going to be preparing an offer over the next couple weeks. I can assure you that WAW Herself is going to Wig Out over it, but them's the breaks. Buy the ticket; take the ride. But 6 months and 1 day having passed from Date of Separation lo these 2 weeks ago, we could now theoretically get divorced on any court day of the week, quite apart from the fact that the "details" aren't settled.
And even a Grand Poobah and Head Mo-Fo In Charge of the Loyal Order of Heathen like me knows "who" is in the details....
