Part Three

Getting chance to write this thing is harder than I thought it would be... The endless checking up on me, watching my screen, non-stop talking... And when she goes to sleep, I've got things I'd rather do than think of her enough to type sentences about her.

Let's start with something recent. The Sky+ got cut off, due to non-payment. This was a result of the XBox 360 going to crap and me having to buy a new one. I was assured I would be paid back, by Wife. So when the Sky gets cut off, I get it in the neck because I didn't have the money to pay the bill.
Wife: "You didn't pay the bill!"
Me: "Because I have no money! Someone was desperate to get another Xbox to play Fallout on."
Wife: "Uh, more like you were!"

I get such sparkling rapport going with her, it's unbelievable. Sometimes I just marvel at the amount of words she knows.

She's also got it into her head that "Not trying for a baby, but not using protection" means "Take vitamins, time ovulations, check temperature and start preparing immediately". I only told her "We might want to try for another child next year..." to get her to stop going on about buying a rabbit. Those things need daily attention, much like the two children she shouts at when they make noise at the wrong time, and she doesn't even remember we have a hamster more than every other day!

As far as the rabbit thing went, Wife asked if I would mind her getting one. I said "No, I don't want to look after another animal. I didn't even want the hamster.". This somehow translated into "Sure, let's get one as soon as we can!". We have no space, rabbit things would cost about £200 and she wouldn't care for it - but we had to get one!

Wife also can't bare to do anything when I'm able to sit around and do nothing. I'll be reading or writing, or playing a game - she will leave the room (for the bathroom usually) and almost as soon as she does, she finds a reason for me to also leave the room. To tell the kids off, to clean one of them, to change a nappy, to look at something humorous they may have done, to get them something to drink... If it's completely in her power, I will be asked to do it. I have seen her change possibly ten nappies this year, and that's being generous. If she's filled a juice bottle, I've had to either hold something or open something. If they've not stayed in bed, I've had to keep sending them back. If they begin to cry due to a fall or stepping on something, I have to sort them out. I have to put them into and take them out of the car if we're going anywhere.

I work 9-5, she does hardly anything - especially if she decides to visit her parents. I'm pretty sure she doesn't even feed them if they're there. She relies on her parents to provide her children with attention.

It's getting late and I've had a vent...