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Unusual reaction

So this evening I've had a really unusual reaction to some really devastating news from my wife. After 6 months of me pushing and trying to convince her to give us another chance, she told me this evening that she's going to start the process of moving out.

I kept calm (after reading Marks guide this morning) and did my best to ask questions and to be as supportive as I could. But by the time we sat down for dinner we were joking about it.

Like the last 6 months of stress, pressure and unsaid emotions suddenly was out in the open.

Don't get me wrong, I really don't want her to leave and part of me still believes that it won't actually happen. But the pure fact that she said it out loud and is adamant that it's the path she wants to go down I feel like I don't have to perform. I don't have to time me doing the laundry at a certain time so she sees me doing it or monitor her tone to see if she's warming to me.

It's weirdly freeing.

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Unusual reaction