This news may be worthy of a thread creation dedicated to the woes, financial impact, etc. of Space's life. Julian?
I nominate the name: "Space Freely's Get Off My Lawn Thread"
Ok, I have one that would theoretically go in that thread.
Normally when I go to dinner and a show with my wife, I commute home for an hour, pick up my daughter, greet the babysitter, and drive back into the city, park the car, and walk to meet her. That typically takes about two hours total. She just walks or rides Metro from her downtown office and meets me at the venue.
Today, our roles were reversed. She stayed home with our sick kid (because she was the one who had a work laptop handy at home while I did not), who was sick enough to miss school, but well enough to have a babysitter tonight. Hence, she will have the one hour (not two hour, since she's already home) commute/parking/walking. And I will have a 35 min walk.
However, she argued that I should come home on the train and drive into the city with her because it is the "thoughtful, togetherness thing to do, and I generally work harder than you." Hence, I don't catch a break and am stuck with the two hour commute. I say we'll have 5+ hours of togetherness at dinner and the show.
Am I being a douche in fighting her on this? Is she being a douche for arguing for what she's arguing for?
Also, yesterday was my birthday and I didn't ask for any physical gifts, the only thing I asked for was her to go to dinner and a show with me. So in essence this is my birthday present, in addition to the cupcakes and blow job (ok I guess those are physical but they're not costly). And for reasons that are too boring to explain, I also have an extended commute home already, tomorrow.