Subject: Next door and down the street
Dear Steve and Shirley, Iām 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 Iām 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, itās his duty to provide a service. Thatās what he tells me, every time he gets in a sticky situation with a ācustomer.ā 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 neighborās yard. Her husband died last year, so sheās maintaining the house and taking care of her young child alone. Iāve cooked for her and Iāll keep her daughter if she wants to run some errands. Sheās a sweet person. My husband told her anything she needs, weāre 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 didnāt know they had each otherās numbers, but whatever, it is what he does to me all the time. Just yesterday, I saw his truck in the neighborhood skankās yard and sheās got a live-in boyfriend thatās a flight attendant so heās always gone. Heaven knows what she needed. Iām sick of him being openly disrespectful to me and our marriage. If heās a landscaper, why canāt he just do that? Is he seeking praise from the women or does he want more than that?