Can the weekend be over?
God, my partner is being such a... a... Sigh. I have ADHD and I hate crowds, but she loves Thanksgiving and she loves Black Friday and she loves community theatre. So Thursday we cook up a lot of stuff and we have friends over and that's nice.
Friday, she goes out shopping and, because she's taking the bus, she calls me in the early afternoon and says, "Can you come and bring your car? I need a place to put all this stuff I bought!" So I go to the mall and she puts the stuff in the car, and she says, "Can you come in for a minute? I want to try on an outfit, and I want your opinion."
So I walk with her into the mall, and we go to this store, and she tries on the outfit, and I tell her I like it. "Here," she says, handing me the bag. "Carry this. I just have one more thing to get." And we go out to another store, and a third, before we finally get home. And I spent the entire time feeling drained and exhausted-- I'd already spent the morning cleaning up the dishes from the previous nights' feast-- and am trying really hard not to let the crowds and my ADHD lead to a complete freak-out.
Saturday, we go to the community theater for rehearsals, because we're extras in a crowd scene for the Christmas show, and I don't have to act, I just have to stand there and look interested. I cooked breakfast for her, and then we go and do the rehearsals for two hours, and then we get home. And when I get home I see an email from an old friend saying, "Hey, are you free tomorrow?"
So I asked my partner, "Do we have any plans for tomorrow?" She says we don't have any. So I said, "Great, can I go hang out with my buddy tomorrow." And she says to me, get this, "No. We haven't done anything together in a long time."
What. The. Fuck.
Christ, we went to the symphony last week, followed by Hibachi dinner, and this week we've done nothing but spend time together. I know it's the holiday season but, good grief, I'd like some time where I wasn't dedicating it all to family, god, and country.
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