I learned a simple lesson tonight. I texted my wife to ask for one of our laundry baskets back. We had four of them and she took all of them and I just wanted one (I now have none).
Get ready for some serious pettiness. I'm sure the W you knew before would never be so petty about a laundry basket, but welcome to your new reality. There will be more to come.
I've related this story before and every time I do I wonder if people actually believe me because it sounds too absurd to be true. But it did indeed happen- when my XW was packing to move she took an empty bottle and, as I watched, poured half of the bottle of dishwashing liquid into it. I would have given my life for this woman, and at one time she would have done the same I am sure. But there she was making sure she had "her half" of the dishwashing liquid. If she had asked me I would have told her to take the whole bottle and whatever else she wanted from the kitchen, I mean COME ON!!!!!!!
So next time something like this comes up just go buy a new one. Let her be petty.
As a side note, that wasn't permanent. My XW later resorted back to being the same caring, giving person I remembered. I was at her house for Thanksgiving last week and she heard me talking to my daughter about how I would like to get an iWatch to monitor my heartrate during my workouts, she (XW) told me not to get one "because Christmas is coming up". Blows my mind.
