"Deceit is never heatlhy for a m, but neither is giving your spouse a reason to deceive by how you react to bad news. If your w dents the car and you just blast her for it, you can expect that the next time it happens she'll get it fixed and maybe never mention it to you...b/c of the way you reacted the first time OR how she expects you to react. Would she really be so wrong?"
May, knowing what NOT to do and what NOT to act like, helped me.
I think it's a start.
I like this a lot. I guess we were posting at the same time. I most definitely know what this means (and I most definitely used that principle when interacting with my mother a lot as a teen).
I really wish I could go to EE. I do. But NONE are near me geographically. Just getting there would be over 300 dollar (usually closer to 500 from what I've researched). Then the cost of a hotel. Then the cost of the workshop itself. It's a considerable expense, and given that H is already pissed off at me for my spending habits, I doubt that this would make the situation better.
I've brought up a weekend thing like Retrouvaille too, but he is less than enthusiastic. Any suggestions on how to twist his arm into it?
