Mark used to dread coming home because his partner Alex blamed him for being late, leaving him deflated. Now the kids greet him happily and Alex is genuinely glad to see him. The shift in how his family receives him has changed his own sense of well-being.
more often than not, I'd open the door and immediately be like, oh, there's tension, there's stress. I'm in trouble for being home late and Alex is thinking, you've left me here with this bloody chaos. And so it goes from looking forward to the kids to walking in and immediately being deflated. So now I walk in and actually the kids are happy to see me. And even I'll go as far as saying Alex is happy to see me. And Alex is happier. So the house is happier. I'm then happier. That's the biggest thing that I've noticed is the ability to have happiness in those types of things.
