Couples therapy my man. Someone that is trans friendly. You’re both fighting depression and that’s valid but can ruin a relationship, believe me it ruined mine. At couples therapy we found that the issues that were forefront in our brain (ie, hair) weren’t the fundamental issues.
It is symmetrical across the diagonal so we will only look at the top left quarter, then multiply by 2 when we are done. Because it is 1/4 of the rectangle it has area 1/4 of the original. 1/4 x 8x5 = 10. This leaves two right triangles and the grey area. The top right triangle has a base of (8/2)-1=3 And height of 5/2=2.5 Area = 1/2 x 3 x 2.5 = 3.75 The bottom left triangle has height of (5/2)-1=1.5 And base of 8/2=4 Area = 1/2 x 1.5 x 4 = 3 Top left grey area is the area of the the quarter minus the areas of the two right triangles = 10 - 3.75 - 3 = 3.25 There are two of these gray areas so final answer is 2 x 3.25 = 6.5