Back to Square One?

[Wendylon]

H and I had an interesting exchange this morning.

He was recounting a conversation he had at D15's parents' breakfast yesterday. He'd been talking with the father of a friend of D15 that H took on holiday this summer with D15 and a third girl. H said to the dad that he'd not once felt irritated with D15 and her two friends and that the holiday had gone really well. The friend's dad said, "God, my wife would never be able to say that of me when we're on holiday. She's always feeling irritated with me". H and I laughed and then I said, "What did you say back?" Here's the exchange:

-H: I said to him, "God, yes, my W gets irritated with me several times on a daily basis"... but actually it's not so true of you anymore. Or maybe you're just covertly irritated and don't show it.

-Me: no, your'e right; I am feeling less irritated [only semi-true!]

-H: Why is that? Am I less irritating?

-Me: I'm not sure. Maybe.

Convo was interrupted by him taking D15 to sit an entrance exam for Sixth Form.

I wasn't sure what to say because it's not that he's being less irritating. I made a decision to get back into DBing since our R was going so pear-shaped but I couldn't say that!

At any rate, I take it to be a positive.

I've heard about the meal that he went to yesterday (but not the company). He thinks I'd really like it so at least he wants to share it with me, or at least, I got a detailed description of the food. I took his enthusiasm to mean that we should go together some time. I asked zilch about who he was with and he hasn't said anything either.

I'd stayed at home with S13 (since they are on different half-terms) while H was at D15's parents' breakfast yesterday. H was beaming when he got back because several teachers and the headmistress came up to him to say how wonderful D15 is. H was very keen to share all the details of that with me. He wrote me an email about it and told me. I keep thinking that it just wouldn't be as nice for him telling an OW how wonderful D15 is. While I know he has a crush on POW, I can't believe he'd really want her to be his W. OW is about twenty years younger than he is and thinks of him as the autism expert. She admires him and she's attractive. Obviously, H is sensitive to both of those factors but she can never be the mother of his children. She'd probably want her own children and I know that H is pleased we're past the baby period. Also, S13 is sort of like having a toddler who never grows up.

S13 is away with one of his carers this weekend, so we won't have any difficulties with deciding which one of us is on duty or with me feeling that H isn't doing the job of caring for S13 properly. That should make things a lot easier. H is back from dropping D15 off.

By the way, I'm amazed at how frequently people seem to be able to update and comment on the board. I'm always keen to get on here but have trouble finding windows of time. Maybe I need to learn how to do it on the fly more. I also have the problem of not wanting H, D15 or S17 to ask me what I'm doing since I didn't use to be on my laptop as much.