"She was coming straight back on Monday anyway, as soon as she’d dropped the girls at school. She’d been saving that up to tell him, hadn’t mentioned it as he’d put the plates away one at a time. Ask him. Tell him. The balance of power in Kate’s marriage wasn’t something she liked to dwell on." Brilliant daubs of a character sketch. Suddenly I want to know a lot more about Kate.
There's an expression in motherhood of being "touched out" where every child of yours is touching you so much throughout the day or needing things from you so endlessly, you almost have no sense of your own personhood any longer. When Kate forgets to hug Simon at the end of this, you can feel so palpably that she is "touched out".
Ooof. The illusion of partnership. Floors me.
Brilliant as ever, Eleanor.
Thank you
"She was coming straight back on Monday anyway, as soon as she’d dropped the girls at school. She’d been saving that up to tell him, hadn’t mentioned it as he’d put the plates away one at a time. Ask him. Tell him. The balance of power in Kate’s marriage wasn’t something she liked to dwell on." Brilliant daubs of a character sketch. Suddenly I want to know a lot more about Kate.
There's an expression in motherhood of being "touched out" where every child of yours is touching you so much throughout the day or needing things from you so endlessly, you almost have no sense of your own personhood any longer. When Kate forgets to hug Simon at the end of this, you can feel so palpably that she is "touched out".
I know this so well from my own… all those hands, always asking needing, wanting. I can relate.
Good as ever!
❤️
This is great Eleanor. So pleased I stumbled across you on the stack 💜
Welcome aboard 😊
“Full of fire and not afraid to burn”. Brilliant.
Loved that
Isn’t it!!