Melissa, I hear what you're saying but what I found was disrespectful was her attitude towards her mistake, kind of "so what". That would be disrespectful not the mistake itself. I even said afterwards, I understand I would've made the same mistake myself. Its the attitude. Again it was meant to be humorous.

I post to vent my frustrations. I don't show them to my w. Inwardly im churning like a raging sea but outwardly im "Ice, Ice, Baby!"

Yesterday our pet gerbil died. While she was dying my w was looking at me to do something, like I had a phd in gerbil care. I said nothing back. We figured out to try and force some sugar water into her mouth 'cause she wasn't eating or drinking. I was the one to do this and while everyone was asleep I stayed up with her and I was the only one up when she died the next morning. We talked about burying her in the backyard. I went to work and pondered about breaking frozen ground in order to bury our gerbil. I came home expecting to do this but found w had already done it w/ our son and w/out me.

I didn't say anything about it, choosing not to "sweat the small stuff" but inside I was upset. That was a family thing and I should've been involved.

Sooooo I was looked at to handle the situation while it was happening but the end result was Im not involved with the burial? Thing is I don't blame her. For the most part she is not thinking with me in mind and decided it needed to be done and did it.


Me 43 W 43
S 10 (Special Needs)
M: 14 yrs
T: 18 yrs
Bomb: 09/16/12
Filed for D: WHO KNOWS???