the_kids tender_square his youngest has just graduated grade school. as she posed in her dress, she looked like she was already sixteen and going on college. his older daughter stood beside the graduate in another photo, both with bleached smiles and the same curled bob. "my wife and i don't really get along," he admitted. "but we're staying together for the kids." he used to own his own business bobcatting and snow plowing. he got fed up with taking clients to court for unpaid bills and working all the time. "here, it's 40 hours, no OT." he said his wife didn't like that he was earning a lot less than he used to, that all she cared about was money. she's a teacher and won't stop reminding him that she's retiring in nine years. he said they were fortunate during covid; their two houses were paid off, their cars. his wife spends and spends. the company issued our paycheques yesterday; already, he said, there'd be trouble when he arrived home that night, his wife complaining that there wasn't enough to cover the bills. 230622 what's it to you? who go blather from