sleep_better tender_square "you were up last night for a while, weren't you?" she asked. his tossing and turning and twitching had startled her from sleep several time. "yeah, i was up for a few hours," he said. "i'm exhausted." "are you okay? is it weird for me to be there?" "no," he assured her. "it wasn't about us. i was thinking about...her." "oh." "it's strange to sleep beside your spouse while thinking of someone else," he said. he didn't know she understood that inner conflict more than she let on. "would it help if i slept downstairs for the rest of this visit?" "it's okay," he said. "we agreed that this would be the end of it. and anyway, it's supposed to be uncomfortable." 221210 what's it to you? who go blather from