Maybe I am alone in this. I try to be incredibly supportive of my boyfriend. But recently a situation has occurred that while on the surface I am doing my best to appear supportive, I am secretly not. It is eating away at me.

Briefly, he put a subordinate in charge of handling a serious matter. The employee it turned out had neither the training nor the skills to do so and all resulted in a disaster with a great deal of crap rolling down hill and onto my boyfriend's shoulders. I really feel for his having gotten into trouble and am doing my best to soothe his anger and angst.

But the truth of the matter is I am a former leader myself and I recognise that ultimately my boyfriend is responsible for the disaster. He failed to ensure his subordinate had the proper skills and training to complete the task.

So I bite my lip and nod accordingly. Inside however it is a struggle.