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Blame is a racket. Placement is power.

I stop blaming him. I place him. The house changes when I do.

Blame is a racket. Placement is power.
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What I did

I blamed him for everything.
If the car failed, it was his fault.
If the dishwasher refused to work, he had touched it.
My mind already finished the sentence: “See? Typical.”


What happened

Nothing got better.
He did not change.
The house stayed the same.
All I got was distance. Quiet distance. Resigned distance.


What I noticed

He did not fight me.
He stayed.
He fixed things.
He provided.
He orbited me anyway.

He still called me Wife.
The title landed like an anchor even when I stood on shore with my arms crossed.

What I tried instead

I stopped blaming.
I placed myself.
I moved into peace. Clarity. Love.


My new recipe

  1. When something breaks I breathe.
  2. When I want to be right I ask: Do I want to be right or connected?
  3. When he says Wife I hear it as loyalty not as proof I am wrong.

Result

He behaves the same. He forgets things the same.
I do not become the angry queen of a crumbling kingdom.
I become the matriarch of a house I hold because I hold myself.


Final note

He does not change. I do.
I step out of blame and into placement.

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