– Listen, Paul. Let’s get a divorce, huh?” Diana suddenly said to her husband.
– Yeah, let’s, – Paul said, not even taking his eyes off the phone screen.
– No, Paul, I’m not kidding, how long can you live like this?!
– Diana, I’ll finish reading the news and we’ll talk, – he said indifferently.
– Listen to me, please. Read my lips. I want to leave you! Do you understand now?!” Diana said.
Paul froze in surprise.
– He took off his glasses, put the phone down and watched his wife carefully. “What is it this time?” he asked and laughed.
Diana had already started this conversation many times, but did nothing. This made Paul lose interest in such conversations.
– So, yes. If nothing changes in our relationship, I’m leaving. I give you a month, – his wife said decisively.
– How interesting, and what do I do that does not suit you? – he continued to laugh.
– Count… You are not interested in your wife, her life, we do not go anywhere, we spend all weekends at home. We don’t go on vacations, you have only work on your mind. Is that enough?
-Yes, that’s enough.
In fact, he did not want to discuss anything, he had loved his wife for fifteen years. He had no other women. He didn’t look at them. He brought all the money home and spent it on his family and children.
Meanwhile, his wife continued:
– When you come home, you don’t even ask what I did, how my day was. If I tell you what happened at work, you read your news. I’m like a cook who came to cook and leave so as not to get underfoot… Do I need to list more?
– Yes, very interesting, continue, – the man said.
Now he was no longer laughing, because Paul suddenly realized that neither he nor she was interested in each other’s lives for the last seven years. Children, work, home, everything in a circle…
– Are you finished? I’ll say it now,” Paul began, “if you don’t mind.
– What do you want to say? What is it that I don’t know about you? The way you ignore me all the time?
– Well, listen. When was the last time you asked me how my day was? Do you remember? That’s right, you don’t. When did you ask me how I did at work? Did you wish me good night and good morning?
The wife was silent and looked at her husband. He continued.
– I remember I had a quarrel at work, I was thinking of quitting. So I came to tell you about it. I wanted your advice. What did you answer? That’s right. That I was exaggerating and blowing it out of proportion. You didn’t even listen.
And I needed advice, support or at least to be listened to. And there were enough such cases in our life together that I stopped asking your opinion. I stopped seeing you as the person I loved. Where is it? Where did it go? I can assume that now you feel the same way, but who is to blame?
That’s right, it’s both of our fault. What makes you think I’ve fallen out of love with you?
The wife sat down next to him. It seemed that her husband did not support her and did not understand. And the conclusion suggested itself – he did not love her. That’s why she was going to leave…
– Dad, mom, are you going to sleep? The younger son came out of the nursery.
It was after midnight, and they were sitting and talking. So much had happened. So much to discuss still.
After the conversation, they realized that they were both guilty. They sat and talked and could not stop talking…
They decided to listen, hear, discuss everything together and appreciate each other.
And they all decided to go on vacation in a month. After all, they had not seen each other for so long…
