Taxes must =stress in the world of Big Red

Back in February I suggested that we go ahead and use the online program to do our taxes as we have in the past. Oh no we must get them "Professionally" done to ensure accuracy because of the complicated nature of not living together etc. I argue it won't make a difference this year but alas it is not a fight I choose to pick ...yet. So I inform him several times over the coming months that he needs to set the appointment for the taxes to be done... And yet he continues to call and ask me if I had made an appointment yet? He calls to inform me of the appointment earlier this week. OK fine I will be there. Ten minutes...(did you catch that part?)...10 MINUTES before we are to be at the appointed destination he calls and says, "I have talked to several people and that will be way too much money. Can we just let my sister do them for us?"

This is not just a NO! This is a HELL NO! She is one of the most dishonest people I know! She has actually stolen money from us, taken money and items from her mother and sued her mother for her FATHER'S ASHES after he was cremated! So again I say HELL NO!

We agree to go with the original plan and I will complete said taxes online....sigh. Couldn't we have done this 3 months ago?

If we can't agree on Big Red not dating/ sleeping around/committing adultery while we are married I do not know what possessed us to think we could be sitting in the same room together for 3 hours much less doing our taxes. I'll spare you the details but we basically will be breaking even which is great! We don't have to argue about splitting the money etc!

I did have a few very un-Christian-like thoughts about stuffing tax papers and W-2's where they definitely don't belong but.... we did survive the process with very little name calling so I consider it a victory for respect and being a grownup.