Well.....pretty much the worst Christmas ever.My wife and my daughter just left to spend Christmas night with a family we know....not even that close to us. It just sux!
I had my daughter for the last few days. We spent Christmas eve with my family. this morning, the wife came over to open Santa presents with us, and to pick our daughter up. It was a little awkward, not being loving like we usually are during the holiday. But, we did sit next to each other and paid lots of attention to our daughter. Upon suggestion, I bought my wife a nice silver bracelet and included a friendship poem with a card. After reading it, she immediately teared up. Of course, I did the same even though I tried not to show it. She teared up once again when she read the card from my Mother, stating that she loves my wife, something that isn't expressed very often. My wife gave me a very nice coffee maker as a present. We did have some light conversation, but she spent a fair amount of time on her phone. Later after she left, she sent me an email saying that she didn't reply to the question in my poem. She said "I hope we will always be freinds" and she wished me a Merry Christmas. The overall tone today was somewhat milder than we have been. She seemed to be very unhappy with the way her life has been going recently. Even her family scrapped having her over for Christmas for some reason. I guess her parents are sick, and her sister had prior plans. She also doesn't have any plans for New Years. I do, and she expressed that she would like the first opertunity to watch out daughter, if she didn't come up with any plans.
I felt like I handled myself almost flawlessly today.How should I interpret this? How should I move forward? Is this just a complete lost cause, or should I continue holding a torch for this woman to return?
