Friday my wife and I were to go on a date, but our son got a sore throat, so instead we settled with an evening home date.

We settled out on our screen porch with some Moscow Mules, and I was getting shit tests left and right. The attitude, the complaints - all of it was negative and bitchy.

I just exhaled, enjoyed my drink(s), and appeared interested but bemused. Part of this was my own determination that nothing was going to shake my determination to finally relax. But mentally I started to clearly see these as tests.

At one point, I did reference her behavior. She mentioned my sister might want to come over, and I said that I would rather only deal with one person in a bitchy mood at a time. (but with the Red Pill grin)

This set her off a little, but she started saying how she just needs to get it all out. A moment of clarity!

So I settled in with another drink and enjoyed myself, giving some attention, but not offering solutions, giving into demands or taking the bait when it was thrown.

Later that night we go to relax up in bed where i was escalating and KINO, but then the tests started up again... this was from my wife being exhausted and burnt out and then my daughter who didnt like my sick son getting special treatment and was acting out.

So they started going back and forth. I pushed for my harshness on my daughter and to send her to her room, but my wife got protective/motherly and insisted on continuing engaging with her.

Of course this meant they both got more upset with each other.

How did I react? Well, they didnt want to take my advice, and so with a smile, I rolled over to go to sleep.

Around 6am, I felt my wife getting frisky with me. She whispered that she so needed me last night just to be there, and I was. I led her to the bathroom and fun times were had.

TLDR - home date with the wife has plenty of shit tests and whiney kids blocking escalation. by maintaining frame, wife is happy and wakes me up for morning sex.