*now to the crazy story. You'd almost have to see this to believe it. My wife is, bluntly, mentally unstable and has been all her adult life. At one time it was control ed with medication but between loss of efectiveness, and lack of income in order to do better (and possibly a stubborn refusal to take it) she is back in full-on crazy mode.
One aspect of this irrationality is a deep denial about Tammy and an intense commitment to bring back my male self. This plays out in being very obsessed with the idea that no one would ever hire Tammy around here and I had to go back in order to support my family. In order to make this happen, she doesn't WANT me to get a job.
The employee at Wal Mart who called directly after my interview last week (not the one just past but the one previous) was told, apparently by her though she denies it) that I was no longer interested. When they didn't call (as far as i knew) i whined about it on Facebook.
My wife's sister, who works at this store and had never given me any indication she supported my transition, saw it and mentioned it to the woman who had interviewed me. Together they decided that my sister-in-law would call my wife, on her cell, and ask for me then put me on the line with the boss.
Which worked and led to my hiring.
Now my wife is mad at me for - according to her - believing the lie they told on her (i can see no other explanation but i resisted accusing her), mad at her sister for facilitating the plan, mad at the boss for getting around her blockade (which she denies existed) and mad with frustration that the world is putting the lie to her "no one will ever accept Tammy" line.
She reacted by calling the store Friday morning before I arrived for the job-offer and bit--ing at the store manager for hiring a "pervert" - complaining that her phone was used to get in touch with me, and possibly threatening to raise a stink about me being in the ladies room.
then she went on Facebook and topix trying to stir up outrage about the potential i'd be in the ladies room (which led to someone starting a whole new thread on the subject) and she went into a rage that has now lasted since Thursday night (usually they last a couple of hours and are then repented of)
All this because a house that has been desperately crying for income finally has someone working.
This is the crazy i live with.
and no, I can't just take my paycheck and leave. My kids live with her and if she hasn't had a psychotic breakdown yet, she surely will have if I am gone.
We are in counseling which she swings back and forth from acknowledging the need for to abject refusal to participate.
Still, all that is backstory - the reason for this thread is to celebrate what i hope is a turning point.
