you need to learn to anticipate her emotional needs. You need to understand that although she said one thing she clearly meant another.
You need to appreciate that smashing your credit cards on needless sh*t is Just a way of dealing with her inner angst... all of which is caused by you.
You need to understand that hair appointments and shopping for needless sh*t is more tiring than working like a dog so you should feed/bath/put the kids to bed while she recovers with chocolate and a good book.
you need to accept that you are a lousy husband - after all her friends (unemployed) husband will have done loads of diy and you still haven’t put up the new shelves she ordered on amazon to store her latest tat on... or cleared out the garage of last years tat she has now replaced
if you can’t accept your incompetence and laziness... and learn to grasp these fundamental marriage survival tactics, then it’s hard to be sympathetic.
as they say, life’s a bitch and then you marry one
At least that’s how it is for some people. My wife’s lovely
