I wanted to revisit saying something nice about my wife. I think my last post made it sound like I resent saying something nice about her.
I want to tell a story I think illustrate the kinds of woman my wife is. So here goes:
Last January my wife and I got into a huge fight. She told me to leave so I moved out..again. She asked me to come home and I did. She explained how much it hurt that I kept refusing to recommit to the marriage.
I felt guilty so I quick claimed the house to her and gave her all the money in our joint savings account. It was about $50,000. She didn’t ask for any of this. I just wanted to stop feeling guilty about what I was doing to her.
The house is worth about $435,000. We owe about $250,000. She took the quick claim deed and didn’t say anything more about it. We literally never spoke of it again.
During this time our relationship continued to deteriorate and I moved into the basement. Then she gave me the deadline of this summer to make up my mind about the marriage or move out.
One day in March, I came into my office and there was a hand written note from her. Attached to the note was the quick claim deed and check for $50,000.
The note said she would not take the house or the money. She said it wasn’t ethical. The note said if we divorced then assets would be divided fairly.
I don't know very many people who would walk away from 100% of the marital assets when they don't know the state of their marriage. Especially when their partner continually refuses to commit.
But my wife would never take advantage of anyone. No matter what that person did to her. That is the kind of person my wife is.
