Hi all! Just checking in, nothing much to report, and I don't really have any questions, just thought I'd post a little update.
I had a real nice Memorial day weekend, the lakes around here opened back up in time for Memorial day, so I went out with some friends on the boat.
The wife sent a text about two weeks ago to ask for some tax papers that had her name on it. I was surprised she hadn't filed her taxes already. She is sure taking advantage of the new deadline! The last time we spoke in person, which was back in February I think, she had asked what we were going to do about our taxes and we decided to file separately. I already had filed mine, and since my wife didn't have those forms at the time my accountant recommended I take the standard deduction assuming my wife had already filed, because there is a rule when you file married but separate you both have to take the same type of deduction. So I did respond to that text just to let her know what I had done, and that she didn't need the forms since she had to take the standard deduction now, but that if she wanted them I would send them over. She asked if I could, so I sent her the forms and also the email from my accountant explaining the whole deduction thing. I feel like my wife never believes anything I say anymore, so I just wanted to back up my explanation with a third party.
Then a few days ago she sent another text where she apologized for continuing to "bother" me, saying she needed a copy of last years tax return when we filed jointly. I just didn't respond to that one and just sent the return via email the next day. Doing my best to avoid getting pulled into any longer conversations.
It's been about a month since I responded to her first draft of our joint petition, which took 3 months to get that. No mention of that when she texted me, so just waiting still.
Other than that, I feel like I'm still doing good, just trying to live my life, it's a little weird sometimes when I think about it and realize that I am still married, I start to sort of forget about it sometimes if that makes sense? Just a random thought.
