I had a dream Monday night: In it, The Auteur ended up going out on a date with another guy. It wasn’t clear in the dream whether or not she knew it was a date when she went, but she came home – specifically back to HER house, which I am apparently already considering home in my subconscious. she insisted it was’t a date, but I was hearing none of that.
I like to refer to these kinds of dreams as “Bizarro dreams”. For the comic-illiterate, Bizarro is a imperfect, composite double of Superman. Jabba used to have similar dreams about me doing off -the-wall, way out of character things; as if these dreams were her subconscious playing out her worst fears. The Auteur has had a few of these herself. In fact, I started referring to that particular dream-version of me as Bizarro Rob.
Two days ago, The Auteur tells me the she talked to Ryno (her STBX) and the were discussing filing their income taxes for 2013 as “married filing joint taxes”. The Auteur claims she wants to do it so that she gets a larger return back at tax time; which she would as Ryno makes pretty good money.
It occurred to me on Monday – and I informed her on Tuesday – if her divorce is finalized before December 31 of this year, they most likely wouldn’t be able to file as a married couple. I know this based on my own experience try to get all, or at least part of the child credit for the half of 2012 that Jabba and I were still married and living together. When I told The Auteur about this, she informed that she plans to talk to her attorney about postponing her divorce.
Now, I understand that she stands to make a good penny off of this – she informed me that she wants to use that money for a trip to Disney World with 1B and me, but i don’t like it. I’m convinced this is another attempt by Ryno to delay the divorce – at best – and a last-ditch effort to maintain control over her at worst.
The Auteur and I have already discussed marriage – in fact we actually discussed it on Tuesday. she is too quick to remind me that I have not even proposed to her. If she goes through with delaying her divorce, she best not harp on the fact that I haven’t proposed to her. again.
Maybe I’m being selfish on this one. but I’m ready to tell her that if they do this, she best not bother inviting me to Disney World. Such a tax refund, in my opinion, would be tantamount to blood money. Perhaps The Auteur is entitled to it. To a large extent, I too think that she is entitled to it; but I really don’t want to have anything to to with it. I don’t think I could live with myself going to Disney World on that bastard’s dime.
I just never imagined The Auteur would be able to put a price tag on our future happiness.
And this tax refund thing is nothing compared to her wedding ring; but that’s another story for another entry.
Is it possible that this Bizarro Auteur dream that I had was some weird premonition of the Ryno tax situation that would come later that day? Hmm…
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