Last night made me tired too, and now I'm ticked off

She fooled me. Again.

The early evening was nondescript. No big deals. Typical light conversations.

But, as per the Double Standards entry, she eventually engaged in a typical withdrawal.

I left her to it. Didn't actually worry about it. And, I'm just not very willing to try to draw her out of the withdrawn places anymore, particularly when she has been drinking -- which is usually the case when things are strained or anxious or whatever....

Anyway, I actually made the mistake of thinking she'd tried to be courteous and unobtrusive.

BUT, just after 11p, I realized she had turned the movie off and put the news on. So, there was hope for going to bed normally.... silly me to think THAT!

Not long after I went upstairs, M says, "So did you like tonight better than last night?"

Of course, I should have seen it for the loaded question it was... But, instead I answered, "Yes. did you?"

Well, that resulted in a light round of pissy talk from her. Mostly centered around, "You know, we can't fix anything if we don't communicate. And there is an 800 pound gorilla sitting in this house...." Etc, etc.

I expressed my lack of willingness to engage in any discussion at 11:20 at night. She said "I'm not trying to start anything...."

Then, her words heated up some more and she continued a bit further.

After a moment and a pause, I just said, "Is this your version of "not starting anything"?"

That mostly shut her up. She rolled over to go to sleep. Made a few more remarks..... finally passed out or went to sleep....

I took some valerian and watched 15 minutes more TV to finish settling down.

I didn't rise to her bait, but it's still disturbing.....

BUT, if I rent this apartment I have on the line.... I mightn't have to put up with this stuff much longer!!