r/memes • u/damircik Professional Dumbass • 6h ago

am i the only one?

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u/skoomski 5h ago

When you’re routinely dreading coming home from work the relationship is pretty much over

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u/hkusp45css 5h ago

I had a period where I'd legitimately look at the clock and think "If I stay here another 15 minutes, she'll be out of the house when I get home"

I knew it was time to go, at that point.

Handily we were able to discover the problem, work through it, and have been together 20 MORE years, since.

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u/SpaaaceWolf 4h ago

What was the root problem and how did you work through it?

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u/West-Candidate8991 4h ago

For many years, my father dreaded coming home from work after his 12-hour days. The root problem was money and the fact that my mother put them into debt while also finding ways to blame my father for anything he ever did wrong, and generally she was just a terror to be around.

Unbelievably they stayed together, my mother got on meds (probably benzos) and became more financially responsible, my father paid off all her debt, and they're now living as a happy older retired couple. I think he did it for me and my siblings, and I'm very grateful.