So my lovely fiancée suggested I tell this story and see what the Snipershide community had to say about it.
I’ll try to be absolutely objective, and keep it as short as possible, by providing a bullet point description:
-I have had a habit of using kitchen items such as knives and bowls to do utility-oriented activities. For example, the stainless steel salad bowls as brass receptacles and knives for various cutting tasks
-My fiancée has made it clear she doesn’t like this, and created a house rule that food-handling items can’t be put back into the kitchen once they are taken out of the kitchen and used for utility purposes. I agreed.
-Approximately 4 months ago, my fiancée purchased 3 new quality kitchen knives
-Over the weekend, she was in the mancave and found one of them on my workbench, with a nick in the blade
-She became very, very angry
-I was out of town this weekend, so she texted me to inform me she found a kitchen knife in the mancave
-I replied with “??” because I had no idea what knife she was talking about
-She described the knife, and reaffirmed that she was pissed, and that I had agreed not to do this
-So I get home last night, she is at work (her 2nd job). When she comes home, I go to the door to greet her, but she is “ANGRY woman”, and begins the yelling
-She is angry that I lied when I said I wouldn’t do this anymore. She is angry that I have no respect for her. She is angry that I hadn’t apologized yet. She is angry that I stole a knife from the kitchen. She is angry that I didn’t own up to the offense immediately when she texted me about it. She is very angry.
-I acknowledge that I did in fact agree to not do this, and that I had done it anyway. I say I’m sorry, and that I’ll replace the knife. She is still angry
-She suggests I self-impose a punishment for these infractions, such as no shooting/guns for a week
-I begin to apologize again and she interrupts to tell me to apologize tomorrow
-I choose to sleep on the floor in the living room
Thoughts and Comments? Please be professional in your responses.
I’ll try to be absolutely objective, and keep it as short as possible, by providing a bullet point description:
-I have had a habit of using kitchen items such as knives and bowls to do utility-oriented activities. For example, the stainless steel salad bowls as brass receptacles and knives for various cutting tasks
-My fiancée has made it clear she doesn’t like this, and created a house rule that food-handling items can’t be put back into the kitchen once they are taken out of the kitchen and used for utility purposes. I agreed.
-Approximately 4 months ago, my fiancée purchased 3 new quality kitchen knives
-Over the weekend, she was in the mancave and found one of them on my workbench, with a nick in the blade
-She became very, very angry
-I was out of town this weekend, so she texted me to inform me she found a kitchen knife in the mancave
-I replied with “??” because I had no idea what knife she was talking about
-She described the knife, and reaffirmed that she was pissed, and that I had agreed not to do this
-So I get home last night, she is at work (her 2nd job). When she comes home, I go to the door to greet her, but she is “ANGRY woman”, and begins the yelling
-She is angry that I lied when I said I wouldn’t do this anymore. She is angry that I have no respect for her. She is angry that I hadn’t apologized yet. She is angry that I stole a knife from the kitchen. She is angry that I didn’t own up to the offense immediately when she texted me about it. She is very angry.
-I acknowledge that I did in fact agree to not do this, and that I had done it anyway. I say I’m sorry, and that I’ll replace the knife. She is still angry
-She suggests I self-impose a punishment for these infractions, such as no shooting/guns for a week
-I begin to apologize again and she interrupts to tell me to apologize tomorrow
-I choose to sleep on the floor in the living room
Thoughts and Comments? Please be professional in your responses.
