Niall 2: Drifting Apart

[Niall11]

W left for work without making sure I was up, despite D2 being in the house. Came home late from work because she stopped off at the mall to buy shoes for...herself. At least the 10th new pair in 8 months. Didn't say a word about my birthday. Asked me to make dinner (we wanted to grill and she doesn't know how to start the grill). Asked me to run out get her a bottle of wine before I left for a meeting. Went to sleep before I got home, since she was out until 1 AM the night before and gets up at 6 for work.

Wow it's like she's carrying around a pack of disrespect cards and just playing them one after another. Did you cook for her? Did you get that bottle of wine for her? I bet you did. What do you think you SHOULD have done? I have my opinion on the matter but I want to hear what you say first.

I did not get the bottle of wine. I probably could have, I had somewhere I had to be but I did have the time before. I just didn't feel any need to do that for her.

I did cook because we had steaks marinating for 2 days, the weather was perfect, and it was the first grill use of the season. I like to grill.

I had a really great day and I wasn't about to let her derail it. I had no expectations that she would be any different, and I was not surprised by any of it. I am married to a person who's regressed to a selfish teenager and thinks that treating me like a decent human being will threaten her precious independence.

After my meeting a friend invited me out for a birthday drink and asked if she had done anything for me. He knows things are not great. I told him what happened and he said, "Wow, that [censored], man. It must be so painful." But actually it's not anymore. It's like I got all the pain out of my system before and I really don't much care what she does.