I don’t post too much details about individual incidents but I just thought I’d give you an example of how things run and how W’s irrattic behaviour still plagues us.
At the moment the UK is in the grip of it’s coldest winter for 25 yrs with temperatures reaching -10c (14f) plus deep snow, not bad by some North American or Canadian standards but over here some people are predicting the end of the world. Anyway W is having car trouble and phones me, (for help I presume). This is how the calls went, bearing in mind there is no introduction or hello in the calls.
W: It’s me, the red light has come in the car. Me: which red light. W: you know the one which tells you there is no water in the car. Me:There must be water in the car I checked at the weekend. W : Anyway the red light is on, so I’m not driving it anymore. I’m going to park the car and phone someone from work to pick me up, bye.
Next call 20 mins later.
W: How do you turn this (Censored) heating off !!! Me : Which heating ? W: Oh forget it !!! (bang the phone goes down).
Apparently W had managed to drive the car home and got in the house to call a friend to pick her up but found the central heating on heating an empty house. She phoned me not relising that the house thermostat is set to 16c so if the day time temp falls below this the heating will come on. She got impatient with me as I hadn’t relise she was now talking about the heating at home and not the heating in the car. (I knew I should have taken that degree course in mind reading).
In the afternoon W phones again as if nothing has happen, so I had to pull her up to let her know that if she needs my help she has to give me the full story not just a few words like “The red light has come on” and then expect me to know the rest. She acknowledged her bad manners and we had a decent conversation after that.
In the evening, because of the cold weather (and lack of anything on TV) W suggested that we go to bed early, so we are kissing and cuddling (kissing on the mouth which we haven’t done for some time) I’m getting hot and ready for action, but W tells me to slow down and not rush as we have all night. So as instructed I slowed down and relaxed, and guess what happened next........ (Link) W falls asleep.. Hence my big frustration and the reason why I always rush to get the job done.
