Day 4 of our 5 day trip. NG will not be back from client meetings for another hour or so. Some time to pull my thoughts together

We had an interesting episode at dinner last night. It was a nice grill type restaurant, and we both had salad to start with and NG had steak, I ordered a shepherd's pie. The pie was HUGE, but yummy, so I took my time enjoying it. NG finished earlier, and lined up his fork and knife, and the waiter promptly removed his plate.

Now, NG knows I don't like being the only one with a plate in front of me. And he does notice when I finish early, but leave my cutlery open on my plate. It bugs me that he cannot extend the same courtesy. At that time last night, I was quite determined to dig my heels in and finish my pie. But of course, the tension just kept mounting. Plus the indigestion

Since then, I have decided that in future, when NG finishes, so do I, even if there is food on my plate. Just not worth the hassle to keep going. I'm choosing to drop the rope. Choosing not to make this an issue in the future.

Just not sure on how many fronts I'm going to bend Not at all ready to tackle the issue of boundaries.

Slowly.

A Liberal Allowance of Time