My Distorted Wife

It’s been 25 years since I got married, we have two children, both well settled abroad.  Presently, it’s just me and my wife, Samantha living at home. I am a man with a fully fledged job from morning to evening and sometimes late hours at night. And yet,   I couldn’t help recall, the memories we made through all these years, our anniversaries, tour trips, dinner dates and so much more. Samantha has always been supportive and understanding, although she does get ‘high on heels’ sometimes. But that is something that makes her different.

From the past few days, she has been acting differently. Usually, after I am back from work, we have a cup of coffee together and then proceed for dinner, which is not the same. It feels like she’s losing interest in everything I do and not happy, when I am home.  At times she is too sweet that she would serve me dinner or she would just ignore me. I am finding it difficult to understand, what is going on with her. I have always known Samantha to be a strong woman, but there came a day, when I saw her sobbing like a baby, I asked her the reason and she would say “I don’t know!” So I decided to talk to Samantha about her behavior, but she wouldn’t talk. It was as though she was going through mood swings. Every night was a sleepless one; when Samantha would wake up panting and sweating, as though she had a heart attack. And I would quickly calm her down from her state.

Day and night her behavior would cause me to worry. I couldn’t even show my love with a hug or snuggle on a sofa with her, as that would leave her steaming…It was like living with a bull ready to knock you down. Just yesterday, I found her laughing her heart out, just by looking at a dog jump over the fence…which according to me was not hilarious at all. Samantha was never like this a month before and today it feels as though she is having a mental break down. Although, I think, it is some changes going on inside her or something like that, well… Samantha told me something about hormones and a….let me think…Ah! hormonal changes in her body.  But that used to be for a few days, every month. It’s not the same now.  At times she would burst out yelling with a sock in her hand, just because it was left lying on the floor. On certain days, her behavior would lead to arguments on small matters, and this would put me in a disappointing state.

I decided to meet our doctor. It was time I knew what was happening to her and she understood her condition herself. It was as though Samantha knew her problems but did not know how to tell me. Our visit to the doctor was fruit full. It was what every woman faced after reaching her 40’s.  Samantha was nearing her stage of menopause, the process is slow but all her moods, acts and irritation were all symptoms and signs that accompany the stage. Although Samantha was advised certain methods to avoid her hyper behavior, such emotions would continue till she has reached menopause.  On the other hand, I have to keep bearing all of it. Presently, I am glad to see her well… “Let’s go out for dinner;” she said, I was all ready to go. As we headed towards our car, she turned to me in astonishment, and said “Oh my! I forgot my purse at the doctor’s clinic.”