Buzz Aldrin could be "heartbreakingly cold" towards his first wife, Joan, to whom he once gave a monkey as a Christmas present. The monkey would bare his teeth, make obscene gestures and dance around mocking her. "Buzz, I've had it. It's either the monkey or me. Somebody's leaving," his wife told him. She was met with a silent look from her husband that appeared to say "Well, what are you waiting for?" Their marriage ultimately crumbled following his return from the Moon in 1969, when he sank into depression and alcoholism.