okay, here's what I wrote. I guess I made it sound a little to harsh, but here's the real piece that I forwarded to the office:
I am starting to write a blog/diary about my situation, which is that my husband wants to obtain a separation. He's been such a loving husband, and he's also been good to me (for the most part) for the past 10 years; however, recently (on the week of March 11th) he's "fallen out of love with me" or so he says.
The reason for this is because he's fallen in love with another woman -although he frequently denies this. No, he hasn't fallen for a beautiful younger woman - like most normal men would leave their wives for, but for a woman who's approximately 9 years my senior. I like to call her the bar maid, although her real name is Kathleen. She's not a barmaid, actually, she's a "construction project manager" in the XX section of the XXX. She's also about 43 years old (I'm 34), she has two kids (I have none), she has a pot belly. However, what draws my husband to her is that her personality and looks remind him of his mother. This Kathleen person is also Irish, and she loves to frequent bars. This fact appeals to my husband because he is currently enthused with the bad boy life, like Johnny Cash and Slash from Guns and Roses, and he wants to express that by hanging out at bars -wearing big construction boots, getting a truck, feeling young and sexy again. (But hey, I don't critize him for this, who doesn't want to feel "sexily desired"?) My husband also seems to be in this little boy subconscious stage where he wants to be taken care of, instead of taking care of.
Getting back to the subject, my husband tells me that this woman has a big black book composed of different men she used to see every Saturday. She's that type of independent person. Who can blame her. According to what my husband told me, she herself caught her own husband in her bed with a 28 year old, so my personal guess is that she'd like to get rid of whatever negative feelings she herself might harbor by subconsciously feeling and being that desired 28 year old.
My husband tells me that he wants a divorce because I am a career women (since I'm studying for business school) and that I'm not the type of person who would serve him, cook and clean a house.. Apparently he's never mentioned anything about this, but all of a sudden - on the week of March 11th, he sees this as very immature. Well, apparently the other woman (the bar maid) has two kids, so of course she's going to cook and clean for them - heck, I'd cook for my children. I would do anything for my children. Lets keep in mind that my husband is already comparing me to this individual. Well, I totally disagree with him about my being a career woman. First of all, I don't work for a major corporation. Second, I've been working in a unionized computer support position for the past 5 years - until very recently when I was promoted to web developer/coder. Second, no one should question if I want to further my education - that is my given choice. That is each person's choice. The point is that I wanted (still want) to have children and yet help with finances so that I may help raise my children and earn a decent living. Any normal human being - especially those of us who are married should be able to understand this. What confuses me is that my husband and I spoke about our goals recently and he was 100% supportive of me getting an advanced degree. Well all of a sudden - after March 11th - it's an issue. Meanwhile, this manipulative Kathleen woman, the barmaid, is telling my husband that I am more of a career woman just by the fact that he told her that I am studying for an advanced degree. Well, that's easy for her to say, she already has her children, and she's already gone thru her career. Supposedly, she worked at IBM during the information systems boom in the early 90's, and was somehow able to get herself a "buyout". Supposedly, she's just working at her current job because "she doesn't have anything better to do". Plus given her expressive qualities - her communication skills, it's easy for her to get high paying work. I'm not making excuses nor am I looking for pity , but I didn't have a pleasant childhood so it's very difficult for me to have that self-confidence most people would have when they are trained correctly from a very young age. I can only assume that she has that training.
I find it amazing that on the month of February, when Kathleen quit her job, my husband told me all of these things about her. He said that she tried to get him a job as her personal houseboy for the same amount of money he's currently making. That's when my flags went up and I asked him if she's interested in him. He said of course not, and I believed him. However, at the time, I found it quite odd that a woman would want a male co-worker to be her personal houseboy.I found it even stranger that she would return to the job after she quit. Now I fully understand why - and I'm not just talking about the affair she was having with my husband.
Well, here I am alone, at least I still get to keep this old furniture and my rent-stabalized apartment. I'm definitely getting rid of the furniture - I wanted to give it to my husband but he tells me that he doesn't want it. It's so weird, just two days ago, he was telling me that he wants our furniture because he doesn't want to accept a couch that his gay co-worker was trying to give him as a gift. My husband says that he doesn't want to sleep on anything that might have had an inkling of ass sex. How narrow-minded of him, oh well - I guess it's his loss.Okay, moving on, how exactly did I find out that my husband was seeing this woman and that she's a key contributor to my family breakup? Please feel free to tune in tomorrow.