When I got home from S9's soccer tonight W was getting a demo from a vacuum salesman that had setup an appt with her.

She was in the process of buying a $1,000 vacuum cleaner with a boatload of accessories.

The old me would have reacted negatively and questioned why we need to spend so much on a vacuum cleaner so my reaction was the complete opposite. I was positive, upbeat and complementary of the whole thing. Not that she asked for my opinion.

So I avoided an argument and turned what could have been a very negative sitch into a positve interaction.

I noticed that whe wasn't wearing her weeding ring which is very unusual for her. It was killing me but I didn't mention it. I mustn't read anything into this.

Married 15 years
3 children 13, 12, 10
1st D bomb Jan 09
2nd D bomb Feb 11
I moved out June 11