How Do You Measure Patience? - Part 4

“The thing is at first I thought it was a joke, so I kissed him and said thank you. We had take-out for dinner and then went to bed. But I couldn’t sleep though. How could I? I started wondering, you know, was that really the gift? Was he trying to see if I was a ‘for better or worse’ kind of wife? What exactly was happening here? The more I thought about it, the more I became upset, furious even. My first birthday as a wife and this is what I get?”

“I know something like that can be upsetting hun. Maybe you should have, you know, kinda told him how you felt when he gave you? I mean that might have helped him to see your point of view as well”, I interrupt her to say.

She continues her story, “I know but like I said I thought it was a prank or something. Then I realised he had slept off which meant it was not a prank. So I went to the bathroom to get some space. Trying to feel better, I started scrolling Instagram, you know just to see memes or whatever. Then I stumbled on this random post that said “Effort is attractive” and I just burst in tears. I mean he pretty much picked a random stone and put it in a fancy box with zero effort.”

“So when he woke up what did he say?” I probe, trying to get to the end of the story because at this point I’m regretting picking up my phone.

“Woke up like this morning?” she replies almost confused

“Girl, you mean your husband did not wake up last night with all that crying?”

“No, he didn’t. He is a really deep sleeper, so I wasn’t surprised. I just needed to let that anger out you know?”

In my mind I’m thinking; No, I don’t know. You cried so much yesterday I thought it was more than this stone story and to think your husband didn’t even wake up??? But instead again I reply, “Yes, I know how it is.”

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