Subject: Next door and down the street
Dear Steve and Shirley, Iâm married to mister-fix-it-all, the friendly handyman that runs to help single women when something goes wrong in their home. I hope he can fix this marriage because Iâm at the end of my rope with him. He runs a landscaping business and he has awesome employees that work for him and execute his vision. That frees him up to do a lot of customer service type of work and when he sees a customer with a need, itâs his duty to provide a service. Thatâs what he tells me, every time he gets in a sticky situation with a âcustomer.â Last week, I got home from the gym and he was nowhere to be found. I heard hammering next door so I went upstairs to peek over into my neighborâs yard. Her husband died last year, so sheâs maintaining the house and taking care of her young child alone. Iâve cooked for her and Iâll keep her daughter if she wants to run some errands. Sheâs a sweet person. My husband told her anything she needs, weâre here for her. So, I guess she needed help with her fence and he had to take his shirt off to nail a few boards together for her. I watched him and her in the backyard and the body language was very flirtatious. When he got home, I asked how he got over there and he said she texted him. I didnât know they had each otherâs numbers, but whatever, it is what he does to me all the time. Just yesterday, I saw his truck in the neighborhood skankâs yard and sheâs got a live-in boyfriend thatâs a flight attendant so heâs always gone. Heaven knows what she needed. Iâm sick of him being openly disrespectful to me and our marriage. If heâs a landscaper, why canât he just do that? Is he seeking praise from the women or does he want more than that?