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husband and I used to share a bed like any normal couple.<\/p>\n
Then one day, Jason casually announced he was moving into the guest room.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor my health,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He smiled.<\/p>\n
\u201cKatie, your snoring has gotten brutal lately.\u201d<\/p>\n
I laughed.<\/p>\n
Actually laughed.<\/p>\n
Because I barely snored.<\/p>\n
And Jason snored like a chainsaw fighting a lawn mower.<\/p>\n
But he looked serious.<\/p>\n
So I shrugged it off.<\/p>\n
Marriage changes things.<\/p>\n
People need space sometimes.<\/p>\n
Right?<\/p>\n
At first it seemed harmless.<\/p>\n
Then it became routine.<\/p>\n
Every night around 10 p.m., Jason gathered his things like he was relocating permanently.<\/p>\n
Laptop.<\/p>\n
Phone charger.<\/p>\n
Tablet.<\/p>\n
Headphones.<\/p>\n
Even snacks.<\/p>\n
Soon the guest room stopped looking like a guest room.<\/p>\n
It looked lived in.<\/p>\n
Then things got strange.<\/p>\n
Really strange.<\/p>\n
He started locking the door.<\/p>\n
When I asked why, he laughed nervously.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn case you sleepwalk.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stared at him.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve literally never sleepwalked.\u201d<\/p>\n
He kissed my forehead quickly.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust being careful.\u201d<\/p>\n
Careful.<\/p>\n
About what?<\/p>\n
Then I noticed he showered in there too.<\/p>\n
Stayed awake late.<\/p>\n
Whispered on phone calls.<\/p>\n
Sometimes I\u2019d wake up at 3 a.m. and hear muffled laughter through the wall.<\/p>\n
When I asked who he was talking to\u2014<\/p>\n
\u201cWork stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n
Always work stuff.<\/p>\n
But something felt wrong.<\/p>\n
Not affair wrong.<\/p>\n
Worse somehow.<\/p>\n
Like he was hiding an entirely separate life.<\/p>\n
Then came Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Around 2:30 a.m., I woke up thirsty.<\/p>\n
The house was silent.<\/p>\n
Too silent.<\/p>\n
I walked toward the kitchen\u2014<\/p>\n
And noticed light under the guest room door.<\/p>\n
My stomach tightened.<\/p>\n
The door was unlocked.<\/p>\n
For the first time in months.<\/p>\n
I pushed it open slowly.<\/p>\n
Just a crack.<\/p>\n
And froze.<\/p>\n
Because Jason wasn’t alone.<\/p>\n
No woman.<\/p>\n
No affair.<\/p>\n
No secret family.<\/p>\n
Instead\u2014<\/p>\n
The room looked like a command center.<\/p>\n
Whiteboards.<\/p>\n
Sticky notes.<\/p>\n
Maps.<\/p>\n
Stacks of papers.<\/p>\n
Three computer monitors glowing in the dark.<\/p>\n
And in the middle of it\u2014<\/p>\n
My husband wearing headphones and speaking dramatically into a microphone.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2026and if we rotate the crops here, the kingdom economy survives winter.\u201d<\/p>\n
Silence.<\/p>\n
I blinked.<\/p>\n
Once.<\/p>\n
Twice.<\/p>\n
Then Jason turned.<\/p>\n
Saw me.<\/p>\n
And went completely pale.<\/p>\n
\u201cOh no.\u201d<\/p>\n
Long silence.<\/p>\n
Then I whispered:<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2026What?\u201d<\/p>\n
He slowly removed his headphones.<\/p>\n
Looked devastated.<\/p>\n
Like I\u2019d caught him burying bodies.<\/p>\n
Then quietly admitted:<\/p>\n
For eight months\u2026<\/p>\n
My husband had secretly been playing an online fantasy roleplaying game every night with people around the world.<\/p>\n
Not casually.<\/p>\n
Obsessively.<\/p>\n
Apparently he was some kind of legendary king.<\/p>\n
Or wizard.<\/p>\n
Or war general.<\/p>\n
Honestly I still don\u2019t fully understand.<\/p>\n
But he\u2019d become deeply embarrassed about it.<\/p>\n
So embarrassed he created an entirely separate nighttime life.<\/p>\n
The locked door.<\/p>\n
The secrecy.<\/p>\n
The whispers.<\/p>\n
The late nights.<\/p>\n
All because he didn\u2019t want me knowing he spent six hours nightly pretending to rule a fictional medieval empire named \u201cThornkeep.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stared at him.<\/p>\n
Then at the whiteboards.<\/p>\n
One literally said:<\/p>\n
\u201cDRAGON STRATEGY.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Another had battle plans.<\/p>\n One chart tracked \u201cgrain production.\u201d<\/p>\n Grain production.<\/p>\n At 2:30 in the morning.<\/p>\n In our guest room.<\/p>\n I should\u2019ve been angry.<\/p>\n Honestly.<\/p>\n But the more horrified Jason looked\u2014<\/p>\n The harder it became not to laugh.<\/p>\n Then I noticed something else.<\/p>\n Hundreds of tiny notes everywhere.<\/p>\n Schedules.<\/p>\n Reminders.<\/p>\n Medication alarms.<\/p>\n Budget plans.<\/p>\n One sticky note read:<\/p>\n \u201cRemember date night Friday.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Another:<\/p>\n \u201cKatie likes tulips, not roses.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n I looked at him.<\/p>\n Really looked.<\/p>\n Then quietly asked:<\/p>\n \u201cWhy hide this from me?\u201d<\/p>\n Jason sat down heavily.<\/p>\n And whispered:<\/p>\n \u201cBecause it\u2019s stupid.\u201d<\/p>\n Silence.<\/p>\n Then:<\/p>\n \u201cI didn\u2019t want you seeing me differently.\u201d<\/p>\n And suddenly my heart broke a little.<\/p>\n Because this giant ridiculous secret\u2026<\/p>\n wasn\u2019t about cheating.<\/p>\n It was about shame.<\/p>\n I walked over.<\/p>\n Picked up a paper.<\/p>\n Looked at him.<\/p>\n Then asked:<\/p>\n \u201cSo\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n I held up the battle map.<\/p>\n \u201c\u2026did the kingdom survive winter?\u201d<\/p>\n Jason stared.<\/p>\n Then slowly smiled.<\/p>\n And for the first time in months\u2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" husband and I used to share a bed like any normal couple. Then one day, Jason casually announced he was moving into the guest room. \u201cFor my health,\u201d he said. … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-story-post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/storydailypost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/storydailypost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/storydailypost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storydailypost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storydailypost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=437"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/storydailypost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":439,"href":"https:\/\/storydailypost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437\/revisions\/439"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storydailypost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/storydailypost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storydailypost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storydailypost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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