Truce

Or to be more accurate... I give up.  Being pissed off all the time is hard work and exhausting.  How guys can do it just baffles my mind.  I’ve been angry at Mr. Hyde for nearly two weeks now and I feel like the walking dead.
 
I can’t sleep, I have no appetite and everyone keeps telling me how miserable I look -- NOT a real ego booster!  Not only did I not get an apology, but he thinks HE deserves an apology for having to put up with my behavior for the last couple of weeks. WTF???

I’ve still done the grocery shopping, cooked the meals, cleaned the house and I haven’t been rude or unpleasant to him or the kids, but since I’m not smiling, laughing or falling all over myself to please Mr. Hyde, then I haven’t been doing my job. 

Apparently it’s my job to make him happy and cater to his every need.  Now that he is depressed, I need to forget all the things he’s done and about how hurt I am.  I should be concerned about him and asking how I can help.  HE is feeling unappreciated so I should be spending any free time I have coming up with ways to plan romantic surprises for him. 

Forget the fact that I recently planned a night away at a hotel and surprised him with a "goodie" bag full of evening entertainment.  Forget the fact that I send him romantic or supportive emails on nearly a daily basis.  Forget the fact that I plan menus around what HE likes to eat.  The list goes on.

It sounds really bitchy and maybe it is, but why do I have to keep forgiving and forgetting because Mr. Hyde is depressed?  He starts moping around and feeling sorry for himself and all my hurt feelings are supposed to just go away so I can focus on making him happy again.  I can’t tell if the sadness is real or just a manipulation to gain sympathy.  And the fact that I even have to question his sincerity makes it even more frustrating.