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[Barrybran]

Thanks bug. Nothing new relationship-wise, Ggrass, but W is officially unemployed now and we enter a new chapter as she looks for work. We'll be living off my income and whatever welfare we get for the kids and it'll be a test for us as the last time we were in this position, my wife felt I controlled her through money. It'll take some time to build trust up on that matter and I'm in no rush. Relationship-wise, nothing has really changed recently. She cooled off for a couple of weeks but was playful last night. There is no relationship talk but she has kept communication up with me, still talks about babies and talks about the future in terms of "us" and "we". I read a book she had been reading called ACT With Love and there was a lot of good information in it. I told her I had read it and was open to discussing it with her when she was ready. She's not mentioned anything about it yet but I wasn't expecting anything.

On a personal front, I've had a pretty big week. I had two uni assignments due, my first in ten years, and life seemed to throw everything at me it could. I ran my hot water unit dry in one day, my washing machine became blocked, the kids were the kids, work threw everything at me it could, and housework was piling up. On top of that, my wife was in the final stages of closing the store and I helped her run errands and just tried to be there for her at the end of days. I made it through the week largely unscathed. My hands took a beating from the washing machine but I won that battle, unblocked it and got it working again. I'm proud of that as I'm not a mechanical person and my wife had a mini freak out when I told her I pulled it apart. Despite the week, I got my assignments submitted on time so I'm very happy with that.