I'm still struggling with validating. Not easy to do. Yesterday, my wife went to her dermotologist and asked about a lot of cosmetic procedures for wrinkles, her eye lids, and freckles. In my opinion she doesn't need any procedures, and I was concerned about validating and then her going and getting stuff done. Luckily for me, her dermotologist didn't think she needed any procedures either so she just came home with some creams and other medication.

The 'wrinkle' my W wanted removed is about 1mm at the corner of her mouth. The dermotologist showed her the size of the needle and said that all the filler would be wasted since that was the only spot. Told her to wait until she had more wrinkles.

I guess this is all part of the MLC. In the span of a couple of weeks my W has

(1) announced she wanted to go back to school 5-hours away to become a Physician's Assistant, which seemed to leave me and our 3 girls completely out of her plans. What would she do as a PA? She mentioned somebody she knows with Doctor's with Borders and this has always been a dream of hers. Well, she has not spoken of this since.

(2) W wants to ditch the minivan and buy a new car. She may yet buy a new car, she cannot ditch the minivan since it's in my name (oddly, the car I drive is in her name -- hopefully she doesn't sell it out from under me).

(3) W and her concerns about her looks and cosmetic surgery. Hopefully the Drs. keep telling her she's not a candidate.

I'm getting better at handling these gyrations, but I still have far to go.


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