Concessions

So your Dearly Departed wants to spend hour upon hour playing “the game”.  Fine.  They say one of the stages of grief is bargaining…let’s put it to use.

For every minute your Dearly Departed spends playing “the game”  you get to pick one of the following:

1)  How about a movie night.  YOUR choice…(In my case, I’m thinking along the lines of The “Time Traveller’s Wife” which just came out, and I haven’t seen “The Sisterhood Of The Travelling Pants 2” yet either…)

2)  How about a night out – alone.  The Dearly Departed gets to watch the kids.  Oh, and did I mention – no playing of “the game” while you are gone.  (and yes, you will be checking)

3)  You get to take a day to relax and do “nothing” at home (pick a hobby – scrapbooking, gardening, auto-repair…whatever) while your Dearly Departed does laundry, cleans the kitchen, cooks the dinner… basically you switch roles for the day.  ( by the way, this one only is truly complete if you yell out randomly things like  “Do you HAVE to do that RIGHT NOW?” and “I’ll only be a few more minutes” – when in reality you mean hours…)

or finally

4)  The ever so popular “Lets find a new hobby we can enjoy together” ploy.  Just pick something you’d actually enjoy doing together.  The point on this one is to actually attempt to resurrect your Dearly Departed by reminding them that they love you and spending time with you.  So --- taking an underwater knitting class may not be a good idea.

Good luck! and if all else fails…well – I don’t have anything for that scenario.