Polygamy 411

The wait…It was extremely stressful for me, waiting to see if Alex would come home for his and my anniversary.  Although I believed he’d be here, I had no definitive answer. He had refused to give me one. I think you’d agree knowing something with certainty is way better than being on edge, wanting, waiting and hoping,not knowing what would be.

Alex telephoned me on his way home, as he normally does, asking if I needed him to pick up anything on his way in. What a relief… Now the wondering was over for me. I suggested we drive to pickup Halal Chinese food (approx. 40 minutes from our home.)  He was receptive. He came home and dropped off a new vacuum cleaner that I had told him we needed.  We went for the drive, stopped at a bakery, as well, and came back home. It was a good, uneventful evening.

I asked Alex if I should get ready at any specific time or wear anything in particular for our anniversary, which was the next day, as I didn’t know where he’d made plans for us to go.   He said he hadn’t planned anything. He said he thought I had planned something. He said we usually don’t do anything on the holiday weekend; we do something before the holiday begins.  To me, it was not absolute about how we’d do things.  However, I thought, well, we had gone away on vacation just the week before. We celebrated our anniversary the entire time we were there. The resort helped us celebrate by giving us the royal, special treatment and we had an anniversary package.  So what more could I ask for?

Nonetheless, the stress was still there…stress… polygamy…added stress. Life is stressful enough. What happens when one adds polygamy? … POLYGAMOUS STRESS!

Did Alex’s deceive Carolinah by not telling her the truth that he and I would be away on vacation, celebrating our anniversary? Did it  spark the chain of events?  Were my text messages to Carolinah the Catalyst for the dark, thick cloud that hung over what I only days before perceived would be my special weekend-my anniversary?