I was walking on sunshine after an event, got home and my wife ruined it for me in one sentence.

I just ran an event. It was so meaningful to me. I coach a group of rascals and I brought them to our first competition. It was a major achievement; nearly everyone was a first year competitor, kids were so anxious and excited, I spent so many hours getting everyone ready, and the logistics of everything pushed me to my absolute limit. It was a labor of love. Every part of it was done with my whole heart.

My kids didn't win. Didn't expect them to. But we fucking tried. And some kids... I had never seen them so happy, even after knowing them for years. Outside of literally anything my son has ever done, it was the most meaningful thing that has happened to me in a very long time. It felt good. Cloud 9 over here.

I was at the event for 5 hours. I called someone on my ride home and talked for 30 minutes, all smiles. And she yelled with excitement and bragged to her husband about my success and he joined in, all love and praise. I get home late and I'm glad to finally relax. I bellyflop onto the bed and do a dramatic sigh.

My wife says, "did you come in from the garage? Is the laundry done?" I say I don't know. "Get off the bed, I just washed the sheets."

I said okay and left the room. She followed me and said she didn't know what she did wrong. Asked me if we could start over. I said sure. She told me about her day, said she wants to hear about mine but she's tired and hopes she will fall asleep soon. "Do you still want to tell me about it?" No thanks. The end.

That's it. Idk how to explain it. She knew how important it was. She knew the effort. She knew I was genuinely excited to talk about it. She knew. She knows.

And I have so much to say! I loved it! I loved EVERYTHING about it. There wasn't a thing I feel anything less than happiness about. I could talk for an hour about everything I loved. But my wife didn't even ask. Just told me not to get the sheets dirty.

And I wasn't even on the sheets. I was on the comforter.