This is an aside - but so weird. I just went in and thanked BF for putting her to sleep and also for helping me this morning. He was like, "Yeah, that's what I do."
Then he said, "I got fired."
How is this an aside? How is this not discussed further? This is huge! The guy just lost his job and you're going on about how he didn't go to the block party with you? Can you imagine how scary this is for him? And how financially devastating for the both of you? How can you keep talking about going to counseling and the like when there is no money coming in for that stuff? This explains why he's been talking about weird stuff - he's feeling like a failure and tempted to run away and save the world. And I think it's just really peculiar that you glossed right over this terribly important development. Don't you wonder how long it has been since he got fired? How long he might have been faking going to work in order to avoid telling you? Maybe this is even the whole reason behind his desire to break up.
