Bad News; and Worse

Pre-Post Note:
I think, if I can, I'm going to post Mondays AND Fridays.  Monster Girl Mondays and FrankenMarriage Fridays.  Sounds nice!  :)  Don't you think so?  Anyway, thus today's post.  I may post other days of the week, too, of course, but I'm not going to commit to that.  Heck, I've only just been able to get two Mondays in a row!  HA!

On to the Post!

My husband came home from work with bad news.

The cycle, it seems, is revving up for a repeat ride again.  This is the bad news.  The cycle is, of course, cyclical in nature.  But I sure do wish the thing would get considerable bigger (last years rather than months!).  In this stage of the cycle that we seem to be experiencing, the boss begins to become excessive in his expectations, demands, and eventually (sooner or later... usually sooner) fires Beauty Man.

He's not assertive enough.  He doesn't stand up for himself vociferously enough.  I know this absolutely because this is how he is with me, too.

I really thought it would be different this time.  But I see the writing in the sand clear as day!  I've seen it before in exactly this way.  His boss has hired someone (hiring is supposed to be one of my husband's responsibilities) who will, supposedly work with Beauty Man.  The boss is demanding certain planning forms to be set in place, though the plans he desires are not realistic... not in a kitchen with the staff relative to volume that this kitchen has, for sure!

As I ponder on the matter, I realize that he simply isn't changed enough for the cycle to be different.  *sigh*  So it goes.

Also, it usually happens this way... soon after my man does something really wrong and/or stupid and that wrong/stupid thing comes to light.  I haven't always known his wrong-doing when he was fired... but it's there to view in the perfect vision of hindsight!

The Beauty Man's solution to this problem is to work from home on the internet doing a job he's heard about on the radio, but doesn't know whwat it actually is and doesn't know what (if any) investment it will require to get started.  This suggestion is a HUGE problem for me for many reasons.  ALL connected to deaths and especially the one(s) sustained most recently - over which the computer died and the internet was removed (or, at least, I was going to cancel it) by me against Beauty Man's desires.  (Read: internet is a huge aspect of the problem I still haven't explained.)

I need to tell you about this most recent death... as well as all the others, really.  But even in anonymity, it is SO difficult to come out of hiding.  Next time.  For sure.