On My 40th Birthday My Husband Showed Me a Side of Himself I Never Noticed Before

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His voice was laced with impatience. “Look, I don’t know what you want me to say. I forgot my wallet.

You could’ve laughed it off. It wasn’t supposed to be an attack on your precious ego.”

“I thought I knew you, Henry,” I whispered, feeling the weight of my own words. “I thought…you’d be someone I could rely on.

Not someone who’d embarrass me in front of my parents.”

Henry sighed. “I told you, Nora, you’re overreacting.”

That night, I lay awake, feeling the weight of decisions I wasn’t ready to face. Sometimes, it’s the smallest actions that reveal the biggest truths.

So here I am, wondering what I should do next.

Can you give me advice? Thank you so much.