>>...and so was doing her best to make you grumpy enough to give her the reaction she wanted to provoke.<<
You are right. But she failed. In fact, she was telling people I had an “anger problem”, yet one of my friends families, on a camping trip (that last year), saw her go on an uncontrolled tyrade simply because I didn’t go fetch her water exactly the way she wanted me to. My friend and his wife were dumbfounded.
Interestingly, some of her friends spouses (men) counselled me on what I could do to get her back and how I needed to change my ways. One actually told me that I needed to give her money whenever she asked for it. Dead serious.
Oh, and the epilog is black comedy at its best. Within five years, every single one of those men came to me, unsolicited, and apologized for taking the stand they did and confirmed that I had actually been the “good guy” in this.
But wait! It gets better! All but one of those men was divorced by his wife. And every single one of those women USED THE SAME ATTORNEY MY EX USED!
The one who is still married is now a friend of mind. And so is his wife.
Time brings clarity.
I have a feeling that these women were being "supportive" of each other, psyching each other up that they could do better than stay married to the guys they currently had. Did any of them remarry to anybody better, or have they degenerated into a bitter circle of angry harridans?
Dude! I’m not sure what that is but divorce seems to travel like a disease. One woman gets it and passes it on to all the friends and relatives she comes in contact with. I’ve seen it, heard about it and been become it.
“You are right. But she failed. In fact, she was telling people I had an “anger problem”, yet one of my friends families, on a camping trip (that last year), saw her go on an uncontrolled tyrade simply because I didn’t go fetch her water exactly the way she wanted me to”
my hubby calls them “high maintenance women”.
I know one of these.
Her hubby starts drinking at 5:00 every night.
If I had to live with her I’d be drinking right along with him.