NRTS (Not Repairable at This Station)

[WenikiTiki]

I got up this morning, took care of the dogs and came in to sit in my Woman Cave. I have been trying to not be around H in the mornings....

He asked me several questions from the other room. I went out to answer him. He decided he wanted to talk. (He only talks in the morning....)

Of course he wanted to talk money. He was asking me questions about our budget. For some odd reason he wanted to explain to me that he just couldn't live on the amount of money I said I wanted. (Which is 1/3 for me 2/3 for him) I was absolutely flabbergasted when he explained to me that this would never allow him to remarry, as he wouldn't have enough to support a spouse.

I let him talk, zipped it, and DID NOT say what I really wanted to, which was that it wasn't my problem. When he pressed me harder I told him he should get a piece of paper and work out what all his expenses were going to be.

The most amazing part of the whole conversation was his using our current mortgage as part of his future plans. I did explain to him that fuzzy math wasn't going to work. All that matters is how much he will have and how much I will have.

The questions he started with were ones about why we don't have any spare money right now. (Boat and adult children who are allowed to sponge off us was the answer) And I have been slowly cutting off S22, and I thought H and I were on the same page about what to do about our failure to launch child.....

I only answered questions, didn't ask any of my own. Very difficult concept for me.

Okay, time to go hang quilts.