This weeks trifecta challenge is 33 – 333 words using:
WEAK (adjective)
3: not factually grounded or logically presented <a weak argument>
It was an ordinary evening in the household when something happened which would scar him forever.
His wife had been cleaning the floor and had placed the plastic garbage bin on the stove to sweep the floor.
The job completed to her exacting standards she then went about preparing the dinner.
Without thinking or looking she turned on the stove to cook the evening meal.
What then followed was a flurry of activity as the plastic bin at first began melting and then burst into flames.
There was momentary period of panic as the flames were extinguished and normalcy restored.
The ruined bin was thrown out the back door and the wife then began a tirade of abuse at the husband for not removing the bin before she began cooking.
No amount of arguing could change the opinion of the wife that it was the husband’s fault.
Even when he pointed out that she had been the one who had placed the bin there in the first place she was able to somehow twist the argue back on to him.
Left feeling shell shocked at the vehemence of her argument he went about his evening tasks feeling hard done by the weak proposition his wife had put up.
This pattern was to follow as when things went wrong in the household he was held to blame by weak and illogical reasoning.
He was never able to forget nor forgive the events of that evening.
Morpethroad 
Wondering why he still stays with such a mean wife!!
Thanks for your comment. He did eventually leave.
I’m glad he did 😀
So is he.
Interesting take and insight into human interactions. It seems the relationship has been soured for ever. Interesting how one ‘little’ event can damage a long relationship.
Thanks Gabriella. Yes you are right, but then it may have been one of many that ‘scared ‘ him.
oh no summer isn’t the woman always right;-)
They like to think so.
I hate people like that. I saw from the comments that he left her. Good riddance!
I love a person of strong opinion. Thanks for your comment and opinion.
My step-mother was like this. Ugh, I wouldn’t be able to forgive either.
Thanks Draug I am happy that you said ‘was’.
One event like this might ‘just’ be forgivable, in the give and take of a relationship. When this behaviour (or whatever illogical/unreasonable/inflexible approach it may be) becomes a pattern, you know that something is wrong. Great piece, and a great insight.
Hi Freya thanks for your lovely comment. Yes sadly there was something wrong, but all is good now.
Youre welcome – and I am very pleased to hear it. Life is too short to be miserable, for either party in that scenario.
Thanks Freya, life is good nowadays.
Human nature seems to be to blame someone else for failures or mishaps. I get a sense from some of the comments that this might be more real than fiction. Recognizing where things went wrong is an important step in seeing to it we don’t fall into that pattern again.
So true Janna, and he has worked on that very point.Thank you for your comment.
I love the posts that tell very large stories in one small scene. It is interesting how we never forget moments like these. Glad he moved on. Thanks for linking up.
Thank you for your comment. Much appreciated.
Just one of many instances I would imagine. I was in a relationship like this once – a long time ago. I determined never to repeat it again. So far so good. You’ve given us a life in so few words. I like the matter of fact way you told it.
Thanks Steph. Not always easy reliving the past. I have been surprised by how many writers have responded to this post. Like you so far so good.
The blame game is never pretty, and there are rarely any winners. Great glimpse into a toxic relationship.
Thanks Kallanannie I did try to create the sense of the toxic nature of the relationship so pleased you have picked up on that. And I agree there are no winners just losers and often bitterness which lingers years after both should have moved on.
Funny how seemingly trivial moments reveal so much about people and relationships. The last line suggests this was the proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back. Good riddance!
Thank you Ivy, yes good riddance is a good way of summing up the outcome. In any failed relationship it is often the trivial that trigger the most animosity.
Man, do I ever hate when someone tries to turn something around on me, refusing to accept the blame. Or just to admit that what went wrong had nothing to do with me. I also hate it when I find myself doing it (or wanting to do it) to someone else. Haha.
Lots of people will relate to this, and totally side with the husband.
And melted plastic on the stove… It never comes up clean. Ugh.
-Alicia Audrey
Thank you Alicia Audrey I appreciate your comments, this post has a lot of reality for me. The past cannot be changed but maybe forgiven, sometime maybe.