Men like you can't handle it. You know, my ex father-in-law was super macho too. He walked all over my poor MIL. She died first. I swear the level of stress she dealt with made her sick and eventually killed her in my book.
It's what his own daughters felt. When he died, I said to one of them, to comfort her "Now your mom and dad will be together again."
Her exact words with a rueful chuckle "My poor mom."
Men like you can't handle it. You know, my ex father-in-law was super macho too. He walked all over my poor MIL. She died first. I swear the level of stress she dealt with made her sick and eventually killed her in my book.
It's what his own daughters felt. When he died, I said to one of them, to comfort her "Now your mom and dad will be together again."
Her exact words with a rueful chuckle "My poor mom."