Jack and I have known each other since high school. We were such tomboys that we couldn’t sit still for a minute. But our friendship lasted exactly until my recent visit to him. After what I saw, my opinion of Jack changed dramatically.
One day, Jack invited my wife and me to visit him. He got married three years earlier than I did. Neither of us has children yet, and to tell the truth, I plan to have them in about four years. Still, parenthood should be approached responsibly.
Before going to visit, we went to the supermarket and bought a big cake and wine.
Jack’s house was clean and cozy. There were many dishes on the table. My wife liked the way they were decorated.
We talked all evening, joking a lot. Then I thanked Jack’s wife for preparing so many delicious dishes. After I said that, my friend’s face changed. He stood up from the table and started shouting that his wife was a good hostess because he bought all the food for the dishes. And she does nothing but sit in the house.
Jack could not stop. He humiliated his wife, shouted. For the first five minutes, she listened in silence, and then her patience came to an end. She pulled out the receipts from the shelf and threw them at Jack, saying that she was the one who paid all the utilities.
Jack thought that his wife was just sitting around all day, but it turned out that she was working remotely from home. But he had never asked what his wife did for a living.
Jack still wanted to say something. But his wife pulled her clothes off the shelves, packed them in a bag, and left, slamming the door.
We didn’t even know how to behave. So we quietly got up from the table and left too. At home, we discussed our friend’s behavior for a long time. After all, it was his wife who made a lot of effort to make her husband feel like a master.
The role of communication in the family should not be underestimated. You need to discuss everything with your partner, share your feelings and thoughts.
A month after that situation, my wife and I met Jack’s wife in a supermarket. She looked very happy. A handsome man was walking next to her by the hand. They looked very harmonious. We didn’t talk to her, just exchanged glances.
But my friend Jack started looking into his glass after that. He was fired from his job, and he is in no hurry to find a new job. He brought a woman into the house who was the same age as him. It happens, he didn’t appreciate what he had, and now he’s getting his comeuppance.
