{"id":3987,"date":"2025-09-08T20:31:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T20:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=3987"},"modified":"2025-09-08T20:31:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T20:31:23","slug":"my-husband-doesnt-rush-to-hang-a-shelf-or-fix-the-dripping-faucet-in-our-bathroom-but-when-his-ex-wife-calls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=3987","title":{"rendered":"My husband doesn\u2019t rush to hang a shelf or fix the dripping faucet in our bathroom-but when his ex-wife calls?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My husband never rushed to fix things at home, but he\u2019d sprint to his ex\u2019s house for every \u201cemergency,\u201d insisting he was protecting his co-owned investment. When she called about a flooded drain, I said I\u2019d ride along. She answered in a silk robe; while he worked under the sink, I handed her a printout: the deed showing she\u2019d bought him out six months ago. \u201cHe doesn\u2019t know,\u201d she muttered. \u201cHe still thinks you need him,\u201d I replied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He came back wiping his hands, and I gave him the same paper. His face fell\u2014she\u2019d lied about the title. The drive home was quiet until he said, \u201cI didn\u2019t know.\u201d \u201cI believe you,\u201d I said, \u201cbut you liked feeling needed\u2014and she knew that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next day, he fixed our faucet, hung the shelf, and started asking what I needed. Weeks later, at dinner with friends, he simply said, \u201cWe don\u2019t talk anymore. Time to close that chapter.\u201d The calls stopped; the rushes over ended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A month later, Liz emailed me an apology. She admitted she\u2019d been stuck between missing him and craving attention, and that my calm shook her. I didn\u2019t reply right away\u2014I sat with it. Some closures don\u2019t need a conversation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My husband never rushed to fix things at home, but he\u2019d sprint to his ex\u2019s house for every \u201cemergency,\u201d insisting he was protecting his co-owned investment. When&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"views":215,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3987"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3989,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3987\/revisions\/3989"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}