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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My ex-wife used to do a lot of "emotional labor" for me, even though I warned her it was a bad idea.  She was resentful and nagged me for years about improving my relationship with my mother, and sided with my mother in guilting me about things...that is, until my mother pulled one of her manipulative passive-aggressive moves on my ex-wife.  It took her a decade of Emotional Labor to learn the hard way why I kept my distance...all I could say was, "I tried to warn you".

After we divorced I set up everyone's birthday in my smart-phone calendar and my smart phone does my Emotional Labor for me now, telling me when to send birthday cards.  Much cheaper and more efficient.  [/quote]

Why did you make your wife keep track of all the birthdays until you got divorced?  Why didn't you do that for yourself since you are a fully grown adult man with a brain and your own smartphone?  How come DIVORCE was the impetus you needed to take that shit off your wife's To Do list?

(PS:  women use smartphone calendars, too.  We are not stupid.)[/quote]

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