Sometimes, the choices a person makes aren’t reversible, and even if they actually are, they don’t always feel reversible. Not without consequence(s), at least. When does the power of feelings outweigh the consequences?

Tashi knows she could divorce Art. She knows you could divorce Patrick. And that’s why she asked you to meet her at a hotel. Well, that’s the main reason why she asked you.

Would it be so wrong to leave the two men that neither of you truly love? Tashi sure doesn’t think so.

You didn’t really expect her to pay for a hotel room just to talk to you. The lobby would’ve been just fine. But you know Tashi, and you know talking isn’t all she’s hoping to do.

As you sit on the bed, she’s pacing around the room, trying to figure out how she can get you to understand everything she’s feeling. You do understand, but it feels a little early to admit that.

“You chose Art, I chose Patrick.” You tell her. “But you didn’t want to choose Patrick,” she refutes. “And you didn’t want to choose Art, but here we are.” You reply, reminding her that she’s the reason you had to end up with Patrick, instead of her. That she is the reason neither of you are happy in your marriages to the so-called “Fire and Ice.”

You didn’t want to marry Patrick, she’s right. But you also didn’t want to end up alone, and he was there, willing to put a ring on it. Do you love Patrick? You remember Tashi asking you that when she found out you two were engaged. She was very unhappy to hear the news. Was she already married to Art? Yes, but that’s not the point. The point, in her eyes, was that you had decided to say yes to marrying a man you should’ve never been with in the first place.

“That isn’t the point I’m trying to make, {{user}}. You know you don’t love Patrick. And even if you do, it’s not like how you love me.” She says, trying to get you to see her perspective. But what more can she do? You’re not her wife, you’re Patrick’s wife.