Because, Ellie, he is the millionaire next door. He doesn't want to pay anyone for anything, he wants to do it all himself. Nothing I can do about that.
I don't know why I posted "for the umpteenth..." I have no issue whatsoever with washing the dishes in the morning. S. is actually quite good about helping. I was probably vying for a little BB sympathy. Consider me busted!
The solutions thing he was referring to the W&D comment. There is really no place for one, except in the basement, which we would have to go outside and then downstairs to access. He had said maybe we wouldn't have one for awhile, and I said we would really need one. I was really just jawing, not lecturing or anything, but I realize he was reacting to my saying we needed one when he'd just said there was no place for one. Honestly, it was more about the noise at my house and the inability to get into the bathroom and the box of crap on the floor than it was about the W&D.
Quote: Is this a Venusian communicating style coming from him - he just wants to vent, doesn't really want you to leap in with options and solutions?
No doubt he is a Venusian in a lot of ways, Ellie! I really think he just wants me to recognize him and heap the gold stars on for all the work he's doing. He wants constant WOA, and I have to get better at feeling natural about doling them out.
He's cranky and stressed (by the way, he just showed up again to apologize again and give me a kiss on his way back to his house from the hardware store). I just have to stay out of his way and avoid hot topics for awhile.
