What if you were to say "Since nephew is spending the night, I figured I'd sleep in our bed." and leave it at that. What's he gonna say?
Looking back, that's probably what I should have done. It's what I would do if I could do it over again. I'm thinking about just doing it anyway. Just telling H, "In light of the drama over the weekend and how it affected both of us, I will be sleeping in the bedroom from now on".
What could he say? Lots, but more importantly, it's what he would do. I don't think he would go to the lengths he went to last time, but he would keep the lights on or insist on watching TV in there so that I wouldn't be able to sleep. Sometimes I start thinking that it's a good idea (like a few sentences ago) to just do it and then I think about what he will do to prevent it and I realize I'd have to prepare myself for a battle which I would likely lose. Then what? Leave I guess? Go back to the couch?
"Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you."
