Is this what wedded bliss really looks like? There are days that my husband and I don’t even see or speak to one another.
We are like ships passing in the night, living in the same house.
I should say, we barely live in the same house because we have effectively taken residence on opposite sides of our large home. You see, the problem all started when my husband’s indoor allergies started acting up. He was coughing and sneezing all the time, and his continual respiratory irritations were making it impossible for me to get any sleep at night. We started sleeping in different bedrooms and before long, he moved a small indoor air purification system into the spare room with him. Now that he had some kind of air quality control equipment for his respiratory allergy symptoms, you would think that we could go back to sleeping in the same room. Unfortunately, around that time I started going through menopause. Suddenly, my indoor air quality preferences changed every few moments. I purchased a small AC window unit and installed it in my bedroom so I could easily modify the indoor air temperature when I was having a hot flash. My husband hates my AC window unit because he says it makes the room too cold. Now, we’re effectively stationed on different sides of the house with our respective indoor air quality equipment. We’ve talked about reconciling our HVAC systems and coming to some sort of air quality compromise, but I think we’re both too comfortable with the way things are.
