I haven't been back to Aldi since the separation. First, my goal is to live a walkable more sustainable life. I rarely drive anywhere and there isn't an Aldi within walking distance. Second, they never had everything I wanted and so it usually required a trip to a second grocery store which I always hated.
The third reason is petty - he and his mom used to obsess and rave about Aldi like it was the greatest gift God gave to this Earth and I just can't un-hear their voices. So for the past 13 months, I have been walking the mile with the cart I love to do almost all of my grocery shopping.
And what I have discovered since the separation is that I eat so much less than he does. So I'm saving so much money just by not having to feed him! Even with my fairly expensive coffee subscription and buying wine from time to time (he doesn't drink), I still have come out so far ahead!
And did you know Publix gives you flowers on the anniversary of joining their loyalty program which coincidentally for me, is late October - I remember the smile they put on my face after the divorce was final last October. And they give you a cake on your birthday and half off a cake on your half-birthday. That's more cakes and flowers Publix has gifted me in the last year or so than my ex-husband did throughout our entire marriage!
But back to the point, I think I'm especially irritated to be reminded of things he said like this because they always remind of how little he knew me even at the end. He never bothered to learn who I was because he was too busy trying to push me into the image he had created in his mind of what he wanted me to be.
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