16 years he's put up with this drama llama
Dear Prudie,
My husband of 16 years and I carpool to work two or three times a week. Most days we have lunch together. On his birthday a couple of weeks ago, we rode to work as usual but didn’t have lunch together as he was going out with friends. After work I waited for him to arrive to pick me up and he didn’t come. I called twice, no answer, so I texted him. He finally texted back saying he was on autopilot and since we didn’t have lunch together, he wasn’t thinking about having to pick me up. He turned around and got me 40 minutes late. I’m devastated. How do I tell him after the fact that my feelings have been crushed? He’s gone about his business like it’s no big deal, but I can’t get over it. Am I overreacting? Or do I just move on, knowing that if I decide to carpool with him again I need to remind him he has a wife to pick up?
—Tire Tracks on My Heart
Re: 16 years he's put up with this drama llama
Sometimes when the usual logic steps get bypassed and someone runs the marathon with what is essentially a no big deal/mistakes happen kind of thing, something else is the issue.
Something which hasn't always been clearly identified.