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Every once in a while I do something to piss off my wife. Rather than communicate with me about what her issue is she will ignore me for a few days. If she is really pissed she will lock me out of our bedroom. Then when everything is back to normal she will say that what I did wasn’t actually my fault or that it wasn’t as bad as she thought.
For example one of her coffee mugs got broken. Instead of asking me what happened I got the treatment. Turned out that she had a friend over and the friend’s kid broke the mug.
Anyway I’m kind of over it and while I love my wife and I have no intention of leaving her I also see no reason to humor her.
Last Thursday I got home and she had locked me out of the bedroom. She wouldn’t answer when I knocked, texted, or called. Like I said I’m over it. I called up a couple of friends and made plans to spend the weekend golfing at a resort. Lots of fresh air, beer, golf, and a comfortable bed.
I ignored her texts and calls all weekend. I did leave her a voicemail letting her know what was up so she wouldn’t worry.
I had a great weekend with my boys. When I got home she was out of the bedroom and ready for a f_ight. So was I. She asked me what the hell I was thinking just leaving town without clearing it with her first. I asked her if she had been planning on ignoring me all weekend and making me sleep on the guest room. She said that it was my “punishment” for forgetting to take the trash out in time and that now the garage would stink for a week because I was thoughtless.
I laughed in her face. I took her over to the calendar and asked her to point to the date that I missed taking out the trash. She looked at the calendar but would not point it out. BECAUSE IT WAS HER TURN.
She said that was no excuse for me to blow a bunch of money on a weekend away. I asked her why I should sleep in the guestroom and not with my wife when the thing that upset her is her own f**k up. She said that she made a mistake and that I should have pointed that out I stead of leaving.
I was over this conversation. I asked her how the f**k I was supposed to know why she was upset since she would not communicate with me.
I walked away but I told her that if I ever messed up badly enough that she wanted to sleep alone again she had better be very fucking clear about what I did and why it upset her. If she chose not to tell me and just locked me out again then I would just consider the next few days to be free time to spend with my friends.
She called me controlling and said that I was punishing her over a misunderstanding. I agreed. She misunderstood that it was her turn to do that chore. She also misunderstood my commitment to sleeping in a comfortable bed. And she was very much mistaken if she thought I would put up with it ever again.
She is pissed but not enough to lock me out.
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