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Who knew that having too much bread in the pantry was breaking some great rule of the world....My husband came home today after work, which is unusual to begin with, but I was in the living room watching tv, and could hear him out in the kitchen complaining under his breath about the smudge of peanut butter that was left on the counter, and we apparently have enough bread to feed a small country. Luckily, I was fresh out of a meeting tonight, and used the tools I have to not take it personally and continued to watch tv. He went into his bedroom and I heard him call me a dick.....??? that's a first.... Anyway, I laughed it off and went to hide in the bathtub til he fell asleep.
Ya know, I am graduating from RN school in a few short months. I have a 3.8 GPA....Why on earth have I dealt with this man for so many years? He lies, he is not one bit trustworthy.....I have given him more slack than any one person deserves, and it has taken me so long to see what was right in front of me.... I'm just trying to work this all out in my head, I guess....
I spent some quality time with Melodie Beattie in the tub tonight and hopefully, I will FINALLY get this right....I've also been rereading When Love is Not Enough...What a great story. Such courage and wisdom....I think my past has given me all that I need to move forward....I just need to put it all into action....Its all so confusing....
Congrats, I am an RN in Australia. From what I hear you guys have a much better and higher education for RN than we do. I work with an american RN and she is just brilliant. I reckon make yourself an other peanut paste sanga and have a giggle.....
Peanut butter paste sanga? Is that a peanut butter sandwich? I can't imagine that our education for nursing is much more advanced than in Australia. I was in Lpn school with a gal from Australia. I lost track of her. Just smile when I think about her..... I will have to visit Australia sometime in the future.....
Bloody ozzies....I love it....peanut paste....I will use that term at lunch tomorrow....Ya know, sadly, the "Australian" that immediately pops into my mind is...Fosters....Austrailian for Beer...how ironic......
OMG, your story so rang true with me. I couldn't help but chuckle (not at you but at the situation), it sounds exactly like some of my interactions with my AH. That is what's so frustrating, you just never know what will set them off. Can you imagine a non A household ever having such histrionics. You handled it brilliantly, I am working on that kind of detachment as well but sometimes you do want to scream at them that no one should have to live with such idiocy. Bravo to you. One day at a time!
Sounds so familiar! My AH (and at the time of most of these incidents he was stone cold sober) would get on me about having too much of anything. One time he literally flew into a rage because I had too many pads of paper in the junk drawer. I've been living with insanity for 16 years and what I've learned is that ANYTHING can set them off. It could be a blade of grass, a pile of dog poop on the carpet, or a spider web. I can totally relate, thanks for giving me a chuckle!
Well. Doesn't it infuriate you to have too many notepads in the drawer? Me? I would have written inspirational notes on them and left them all over the house, maybe even in his car. Just trying to use up th paper honey. Thought you were right that we had too much.
