Not sure where to start or end, WAW - #2

[john28]

Got boxes yesterday from work and put them in the garage.

She came over today at lunch to my house since S4's pre-K is only 1 mile away from me, and I wanted to see him. She informed me that she got a job at a grocery store. I asked her if she was excited about it, since it was a new adventure. She's never had a job in her life. She asked for my help in filling out the tax information (W-4). I helped her only because I don't want her screwing up my taxes this year.

She welled up in tears and said NO she wasn't excited because it was an "f-ing grocery store job for minimum wage, nothing to be excited about." She then went into how she has no time anymore for anything because she's taking care of S4 during the day and going to work and school at night. She was crying the whole time.

I thought to myself - you know, you deserve this sh!t, W. You had it damn good while you were "in" a M with me. You stayed home all day and never had to work a job, you could go to school if you wanted, you could do anything you wanted to. You should have known it would be this hard. I didn't say that though. I just said, "Yeah...."

She's breaking down, starting to see this isn't the fairy tale that she thought.

Time to pack her crap up in boxes tonight and the next few days. I have to keep moving forward. I won't do it in front of my son though. I do not want him to remember that.