Well, it happened. “Where’s the camcorder?” Mark asked the other night as we were going to sleep. Why? I wondered. In the 6 or 7 years since we’ve had it, he’s never asked to used it. Don’t be horrified that I made the executive decision to get rid of it. There are some things that Mark feels comfortable leaving to me. Small appliances that only I use is one of them.

When I simply told him that it was broken and I didn’t want to spend the time and money to get it repaired, he didn’t give it a second thought. No regret, no “we should have….” or “that cost a lot of money…” It was fine and he was at peace with the decision.

I was surprised that I didn’t regret the decision not to investigate repair. It was all fine. I just didn’t expect the question to surface so soon. I anticipated second thoughts-nope.