"My wife and I aren't rich by any means but we have a good life. We have a paid-off house and three healthy, happy boys. But ever since our youngest started school last year, my wife has become obsessed with watching a certain type ofTV show-and it's ruining her life, and mine. She will watch hours and hours of home decorating and renovation shows and continue to scroll on her phone way past our bedtime."
"I make a good living but we are on one income. Our emergency funds are for fixing the truck or repairing the pipes, not adding on a mudroom or walk-in shower. It really hurts me when my wife acts like our lives are somehow horrible and that I am failing as a provider. I tell that to her and she says that isn't what she means."
The couple has a paid-off house and three children and lives on one income. Since the youngest began school, the wife has become obsessed with home decorating and renovation shows, watching them for hours and scrolling on her phone late into the night. The wife feels depressed and repeatedly criticizes the house as outdated, and she requests costly projects. The husband has made modest improvements — repainting rooms, replacing covers, building a fire pit and patio — which briefly please her. The couple’s emergency funds are reserved for repairs, not large renovations. The husband feels criticized and humiliated as a provider, a fight ensued, and he left overnight.
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