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Old Jul 25, 2013, 06:40 PM
hamster-bamster hamster-bamster is offline
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Originally Posted by mojo321 View Post
Yeah, OK.



Woah! what happened here Ham-Bam?

Your ability to empathize with the guy is commendable. But there is no need to let that grow like a weed into resentment for the wife.

She did, after all, give it another 5 years to no avail
. Her tendency to be complacent in the day to day chores is just an outward sign of depression over the relationship she is in. No amount of dishes or laundry that he does makes him "deserve him to be desired."

Set her free, and check your resentment at the door.

What you wrote is very interesting. So she is not using Haunted...'s housekeeping services, nor is she benefiting them from, but rather is simply being "complacent in the day to day chores". I see... so then perhaps Haunted... needs to apologize to her for all the cooking that, apparently, only led to the wife's feeling ever more depressed about the relationship. I see - she was not using the housekeeping services, but rather barely tolerating the fact that such services were provided. I think that then the future support amount that she would get needs to be tripled, in recognition of all the pain she went through enduring those housekeeping services for 5 long years. And, Haunted... also needs to pay for therapy for the ex wife (indefinitely, if needed) so that she can unload in peace and quiet.

This is all I can come up with immediately, but I will think of more good things Haunted... can do to compensate the ex wife for all the terrible hardships she has gone through in the last five years.

I wonder why you decided that I meant that the wife had to desire Haunted... based on his doing the laundry. I did not say that. Desire is not willable anyway. I was writing about the fact that the wife is spoiled in that she is not participating in the marriage on an equitable footing. I do not have any issues with her not desiring Haunted... - it is her life. I do have an issue with her being the benefactor of an unjust living arrangement which works in her favor unilaterally. Say, had she done half of the chores while still not desiring Haunted... I would not have said anything.