I try to be understanding...
Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 9:56 pm
My wife and I went for counseling after 20 years of marriage. When asked what the problem was, my wife went into a passionate, painful tirade listing every problem we have ever had in the 20 years we have been married.
She went on and on and on: neglect, lack of intimacy, emptiness, loneliness, feeling unloved and unlovable, an entire laundry list of unmet needs she had endured over the course of our marriage.
Finally, after allowing this to go on for a sufficient length of time, the therapist got up, walked around the desk and, after asking my wife to stand, embraced and kissed her passionately as I watched with a raised eyebrow. My wife shut up and quietly sat down as though in a daze.
The therapist turned to me and said, "This is what your wife needs at least three times a week. Can you do this?"
I thought for a moment and replied, "Well, I can drop her off here on Mondays and Wednesdays, but on Fridays, I shoot."......
She went on and on and on: neglect, lack of intimacy, emptiness, loneliness, feeling unloved and unlovable, an entire laundry list of unmet needs she had endured over the course of our marriage.
Finally, after allowing this to go on for a sufficient length of time, the therapist got up, walked around the desk and, after asking my wife to stand, embraced and kissed her passionately as I watched with a raised eyebrow. My wife shut up and quietly sat down as though in a daze.
The therapist turned to me and said, "This is what your wife needs at least three times a week. Can you do this?"
I thought for a moment and replied, "Well, I can drop her off here on Mondays and Wednesdays, but on Fridays, I shoot."......