Well I too have survived v-day...thank god. A little update on my sitch. Last week when my W came over she told me how broke she was and how we needed our house to sell. She works very hard and I know how much stress finances put on her. She is not careless at all with her money, but buying this house a couple of years ago along with some other unforseen finances, has really stretched her thin. I told her I would gladly give her money to help her make it to her along, but she said she wouldn't take it.
I hate to see her so stressed, always have. Never want to see someone you love in pain, especially if you can help them. I thought hard on how I could find a way to help her. During our talk she had mentioned about how she wasn't sure how she was going to afford to put gas in her car. Well the lightbulb went off in my head. After work I stopped at a gas station and bought her a $50 gas card. I then went to the post office and put it in an envelope with a note that read "you work too damn hard and your smile is too beautiful not to have on everyday." I know this definently goes against LRT and I guess is considered pursuing, but I was willing to take the chance.
I was going to be gone for the weekend and had told my W that she had mail at the house. She said she would pick it up this weekend. Part of me was wondering if the g.c. would be sitting on the counter with a nasty f.u. note. This wasn't the case. She texted me on saturday thanking me for the gift. We began a short texting convo about how our weekend was going, she has our D2 and I was ice fishing, it was all pleasant.
On monday, v-day, I went to pick up our D2 at her day-care and there was a handmade valentine there for me. My W had helped my D2 make it for me. The card only had my D2 name on it but I could see that they put some time into this. What a great surprise.
When we got home, my D2 and I were playing outside in our unusually warm weather. I kept wondering if I should just text my W a thank you or should I really man-up and call her. I decided it's time to man-up. She answered the phone very happily. I started the convo with my thank you and them it just kept going from there. We talked about our weekend, friends, some gossip, etc. The call lasted about 45 minutes and ended with us both wishing each other a good night. I hung up the phone feeling good, celebrating a small victory but always wondering what do I do next????
