Maybe She Isn't Evil

[RDS]

I got an offer on the house today. The house was on the market for 10 days so for an offer to come in so quickly is really good; especially when you consider Hurricane Matthew put a stop on everything for nearly a week. It’s a very good proposal and I discussed it with my W and we are going to sign the contract to sell the house. It’s extremely bittersweet. We built this house as our dream house and for the first 9 years it was perfect for us, but the last 5 years it wasn’t a pleasant place to live. Now it has so many bad memories for my W she doesn’t want to step foot in the house.

I don’t know if it’s ironic or just coincidence, but the couple who put in the offer are from the same small South Georgia town where my W and I first moved in together and later married in. The buyer is in the Air Force so he was stationed the same place I was. It was only 30+ years difference.

Our love back then for each other seemed to be bullet-proof. I really wish I could turn back time and be the person I am now because our marriage would still be bullet-proof.

I did annoy my W today because I told her we would have to put the money for the house sale into the bank and let it sit until we go to mediation to determine the split. She said there was no need to mediate the money because we should split the money 50/50. I told her I am not going to split it directly in half because when she moved out I continued paying the mortgage and I expect to get the difference in equity I’ve put in the house. I could tell she didn’t like that reasoning at all. Although I want to get back together in the worst way I have to keep reminding myself I can’t be the nice guy in this and ultimately screw myself.

She will be coming by the house tomorrow after I finish with one of my meetup groups to price our stuff we are going to be selling in the community yard sale for this Saturday. The neighborhood yard sale was supposed to be last Saturday but the hurricane prevented that from happening. I’m not sure how I feel about her coming by tomorrow night for a couple of hours. I thought I would be a happy about it but I know I will have a lot of sadness when she leaves the house. I always do. She will spend a few extra hours Saturday at the house while the yard sale is going on. I am curious to see how we interact towards each other for that long of a time. We shall see.