by Lang Zaam

Created on: October 28, 2008

That decision came when my third and last child got married. Arrived at a time that monetary consequences took a back seat to a feeling of pursuing ones right to happiness.

After college and a stint in the military for 18 months, I married my beautiful friend of two years. We were just friends for two years but the eventual and inevidible sex entered into it and with her getting pregnant we announced to get married.

Ofcourse, I say, becaused I loved her! She was intelligent, spoke three languages and was much better read than I ever will be. Her knowledge of math was equally impressive and she made no bones about it how she outsmarted her teacher at one time. I brushed aside a few puzzling moments with her interacting with friends from the past. When I told my friend about her, he reacted rudely to dump the twit. Well, I loved her, so I dumped him. Just before we got married she threatened me not to change my mind by reminding me that her three brothers were bigger and stronger than I. I brushed that off as a joke.

My career started in a research facility away from her town of birth and parents and we settled in a house I purchased with borrowed money. She did not like any of it. At work my life was pleasant and rewarding although not in a monetary sense. We barely made ends meet by renting out two rooms. At home my life was busy with renovating and talking a lot about how things will get better. My neighbour, over the fence, asked me what my wifes' problem was and I changed the subject to small talk. My wife decided not to go to the wedding of her older brother because she had no money to travel, no cloths to wear and was nursing our second daughter. I try to encourage her that we will manage, after all it is your brother, my aunt pitched in and bought some necessities. She was not to be persuaded to go so I attended the wedding alone.

A nephew of mine invited us for their wedding and I attended that wedding alone as well. Just describing a number of events that caused alianation of a family I held dear. Our financial situation started to get better and increasing real estate values boosted my confidence. At work I became the envy of succes because I earned my keeps and was rewarded to travel to the USA to hand over a researched project. (We were living in Holland at that time) I was away from home for a month, coming home was a highlight in our lives but also I got quickly reminded that while away her live with our two daughters was like hell.

I fell in love with

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