Had a pleasant dinner, she hardly even looked at her cell phone. Hardly. I let my leg brush up against hers several times and got no resistance. She mentioned something about the grocery shopping she did the yesterday, and I went ahead and caressed her bare leg (she was wearing sorts) as I looked her square in the eye and thanked her. No resistance at all.
She told me all about her business, then told a story about one seller who noticed she didn't have a wedding ring on her finger and wanted to know if she was "available." She said no, and I was a bit irritated by the obvious reference to her "ring-less" finger. But my older son later said he wanted to ask, "Yeah, where is your wedding ring, anyway?" Funny guy...
So at the end of the dinner, I went with her to her car because she had the mailbox key in it, and we needed it. She looked up at me and asked if I needed anything. I never know how to answer that, so thankfully she got a phone call while sitting there and it began to rain, so I sat in the passenger's seat. When she got off, she mentioned a few things about finances and gave me a not unkind look, saying, "Babe, we just can't stay in this house anymore."
I smiled back (knowing that we could, if we wanted to), and said, "I wish that when I start this job next week, I could just dump my paychecks right into our account and pay for the lions' share of everything. After all, that was my plan."
She looked into the distance for a minute and said, "I know, I'm sorry."
"In fact," I said as I got out of the car, "I had the whole plan worked out. It could have been so simple."
She smirked a bit and said, "Really???"
I smiled back, winked at her, and said, "Yep, really. Have a good night." And closed the door.
And... that was it.
The boys just came back from the store with some gelato and are going to crash here on the sofas tonight... I can't say I'm disappointed! I doubt WW will come home at all, but it doesn't matter. In a few, I'm off to meet with the neighbor who is looking for a roommate, as this might be the best interim living option for me right now.
Hoping some seeds were planted tonight... even if that's not supposed to be my concern.
Me: 46 Her: 41 M: 5.5 yrs / S: 20, 18 3/26 W and I meet OW BD: 5/2/2015, she takes off ring W goes to stay with OW 6/26 NC: 9/5 Both moved out: 10/16 I take off my ring and feel... healed: 10/19
