Moving forward together from a mess

[cbtdad]

Thanks LTH and T1000 for the responses.
Thursday while we were having dinner I did suggest that friend come to our town and they could take the kids to dinner here then bring them to our place and I would watch them so they could go out. She didn't want to do that since she would already be on that side of town for horse show.
We talked Saturday morning when she returned. It went very well and kept my cool and didn't get upset at all. I told her why I was disappointed and she completely understood. She had every intention of being home by midnight, but the birthday situation through that off course.
I told her I didn't want to look like the bad guy to her friend and I just wish she would have told friend I need to go home. W said the reason friend called was becuase friend brought up staying out and she told friend no way I would be comfortable with that right now. I explained to wife when friend said something about staying out is when she should have said I would like to, but at where we are in out marriage it is more important to be home tonight.
I did wake up to a text that wife sent at 130 am, "we are back at friends. I will be home ASAP in the morning. Love you"
Hadn't heard those words in over a year