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The holidays opened up an old wound.
With the holidays coming up, I told him I wanted to take the kids to my parents’ house this year, partly out of fairness, and partly because I didn’t want another year to pass the same way. He said no, automatically, without discussion, as if nothing had changed at all. That’s when I calmly said, “I’m just following the rule you created since I’m the breadwinner now,” watching his expression shift as the words settled between us.
