I would like to start by saying this was an accident.

Unfortunately, it was an accident that involved me, a door, and my wife’s face.

The incident occurred when my wife couldn’t see the keypad to get into a building. Being the helpful husband that I am, I stepped in, punched in the code, and confidently swung the door open.

What I failed to account for was the fact that my wife was standing directly in the path of the rapidly opening door.

The door connected. Her face lost.

Now, if this story ended there, I’d still look pretty bad. But somehow I made it worse. In the immediate aftermath, instead of accepting responsibility for launching a door into my wife’s face, I blamed her.

That’s right. My first instinct was not concern. It was defense.

In my mind, this was somehow a shared responsibility situation.

Thankfully, after approximately three seconds of reflection and realizing I was very, very wrong, I began apologizing profusely. The apologizing continued once we got inside. It continued later that day. Frankly, it may continue for the rest of my life.

The good news is she’s okay.

The bad news is there is video evidence.