Casual cruelties
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- Alison Irving (Écrivain)
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On the face of it, this was out of character for my husband, but the more I dwelt on it, similar episodes from the past would pop into my mind.
There were the multiple times he diminished my opinion in front of family family or friends. Once he had announced in front of his work colleague that it was a surprise I'dever got a degree because I could barely remember my own name. I had bitten my tongue on that occasion to stop myself reminding him I'd got a first while he got a 2:2.
Once I let myself think about it all, it seemed I couldn't stop. From the patronising nickname Teeny, to the sly digs about my weight. His assumption I would do all the cooking and cleaning, when the only cleaning he did was of his three bicycles. From him making a fuss about my one weekend a year away with my friends, to him going to Majorca for a week in both May and September with his cycling club.
It slowly dawned on me that it was usual for him to spit out a caustic comment followed by a morsel of kindness, for which I used to be pathetically grateful. This behaviour had been repeated over the years until it was ingrained in us both.
The trickle of annoyance grew within me until it became a deluge. I could practically feel my blood pressure rising the more I thought about all the ways he had denigrated me over the years.
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