I bought an AC. First one for the house. My house is older....really unique, but it was built some decades before AC was considered standard for homes. It really didn't need it. It was perfectly situated in the wind, and there were some other structural advantages. When I replaced the roof a few weeks ago that changed and we lost most of that, other then the wind, but it wasn't enough with high humidity. The breeze didn't flow like it once did. The family was getting too hot during the day, and I figured an small AC unit would be a good idea. The electric bill isn't bad in the summer.

Install it. It's running for a few hours when she gets home. She goes into orbit About it, which then is a spring into other things, I am untrustworthy, how I didn't discuss things with her, how I just do and never talk, then of course it spirals into how controlling I am, I got the speech about how marriage is 50/50, she doesn't know what I think and feel any more... I kind of lost track from there.

I knew this was not about the AC at all or any of the bullshit. It was about the news she got at her physical yesterday.

I patted the couch where I sat. She came and sat down.

Held her for an hour.

She got up. Got something to drink, and sat back down

She smiled and said, "So what movie are we going to watch?"

"James Bond. Spectre"

The rest of the night was pleasant.