This morning, just pouring my cup of coffee, and chatting the spouse up, it went sour... let me preface: I love my friends, love hanging out with my friends, and love going out and doing things that Melanie wants to do. I know it does sound a tad selfish, but it's also a rarity. I hardly go out, I mostly live a pretty mundane, regular life. Us as stay at home moms know what I mean. I wouldn't change my life for the world, I don't envy others' lives, or anything. I love my kids, love the spouse, but I also enjoy my life outside of the kids and spouse. Okay... so I have friends that come into town every year from Montana for Sundance, I like to go to this with them, we have fun, stay out late, and star gaze. I like going to the parties, and being apart of the Sundance festivities. It's one night a year that I go, I used to go spend a week up there with a bunch of girlfriends when I was single, I look forward to it all year long. So here is how the conversation goes:

Me: Hey my friends are in town, do you care if I go up tonight.

Spouse: I don't know

Me: What do you mean you don't know? I go to this every year. It's my friends that I went to school with 14 years ago.

Spouse: I don't know Mel, you wouldn't like me going out with a bunch of friends and doing this.

Me: If it were college buddies or anything like that, I wouldn't give a rip.

Spouse: That's not true, you need to put yourself in my shoes.

Me: They are my friends Lance, period! So are you saying I can't go?

Spouse: I don't care what you do, make your own decision... you don't know what being a wife and mom is.

Me: silence

Spouse: I don't care if you go

Me: Still silent

Spouse: I don't care.

Me: Silent

Really why is he pitching a fit about it? Holy moly! I want to go! Now I don't know what to do cuz I don't want to piss the spouse off! I know he said I can go now, but it sounded like this, "I don't care if you go... but if you do, there will be trouble waiting when you get back... see, SCARY!! Is it worth it?????