i think you handled it well... i relate so much to your wife... she is thinking ahead to Easter... i did something similar... i thought we could smooth things over enough to go ahead with the dinner party my husband and i were going host in a few days... seriously! i found out later that my husband canceled it the day of his BD... when i look back, i do remember thinking we could just get passed this and carry on... i figured he would be mad for a while but we could just keep going on without too much mess... i didn't get it...