I’m in a bad place right now.
Nearly 19 months after my wife of almost 25 monogamous years fessed up to all the suspicious activity by asking to open our marriage so she could sleep with other people, I’m beginning to realize that we might not survive this as a couple.
It’s got nothing to do with the fact that I have two girlfriends of relatively long standing and she has a boyfriend of a slightly less long-standing nature.As it turns out, I’m simply getting to the point where I can’t stand to be around her.
And I’m almost positive she feels the same way about me. Something I should know, I realize, but when the person you ask takes pride in not doing any sort of self examination, it becomes increasingly difficult to know what’s going on in her head or her heart.
Saying anything about the rings was — apparently — the last straw.
Although. . . I think I might be getting ahead of myself a little. Let’s back up and try again.
It Was A Dark And Stormy Night, When Suddenly. . .
No, that’s not it. Get serious.
You’re sure you want serious?
Really sure?
Fine.
Then let’s talk origin stories. With a super hero, this is the part where our hero discovers something within herself that enables her to do more, to be more than those around her.
In this case? No, not so much. In this case, the origin story involves suspicious behavior, back-alley dealings, anger, confrontations and a crack that swallowed the world. My world.
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