Originally Posted by MTK
I'm surprised you don't know this already but the one thing with women is... They are always right! .. the sooner you learn that Jack the easier your life will be.
I remember once my mom bitched at my dad pretty bad over nothing, and my dad just kept doing what he was doing (didn't even look up at her). After she left I said to my dad, "Damn, how can you take kind of shit?" To which my dad responded, "That's just the way women are. I just ignore it, and pretty soon she'll apologize in her own way, by making a nice dinner or whatever" ... and he was right ... and they have been together for over 50 years
I agree, that is the way it's supposed to be. Normally, we have at least an hour or two alone before we go to bed (to talk, read, or whatever) ... and then we shut off the phones, internet, etc. on Sundays and spend the whole day together exclusively ... but lately I have just been working.
Another problem, for her, is she has a 1-hour commute to her job, so it's 2 hours of her life driving back-and-forth every day, which is wearing on her (and which I completely understand). However, I am not willing to move into the city with 10 dogs--when I have 50 acres of beautiful country to live in, that is perfect for me and my dogs. So these are tough choices, but at the end of the day my goals and my dogs have to come first, and she is either being an asset in helping me keep these things alive, or she is being a liability and an impediment to them.
The thing about it is, in another month or so the intensive work will be accomplished ... and then, if everything goes even half-right, she won't have to work at all, and we will have more free time than ever to enjoy ourselves. But she just isn't giving me enough to finish the job. She has the same "right now" mentality that so many dogmen have about not wanting to give their pups enough time to mature.
As the saying goes, "Good things come to those who wait ..."
Jack
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