I guess what I am really fearing is that he is not really working and doing Xmas shopping, but absconded with OW somewhere (well, not somewhere: in his office). In the past, whenever he has gotten irritable and short-tempered with me it has been related to a resurgence of OW's influence.
"You don't throw a whole life away just 'cause it's banged up a little"
Tom Smith in "Seabiscuit"
