After 40 years of marriage, my wife and I went for counseling.
When asked what the problem was, my wife went into a tirade listing every problem we had ever had in the years they had been married. 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.
Finally, after allowing this for a sufficient length of time, the therapist got up, walked around the desk and asked my wife to stand,
he embraced and kissed her long and passionately as I watched - with a raised eyebrow.
My wife shut up and quietly sat down in a daze.
The therapist turned to me and said, "This is what your wife needs at least 3 times a week. Can you do this?"
"Well, I can drop her off here on Mondays and Wednesdays,
But on Fridays,â€I Go to Joe Pool."
When asked what the problem was, my wife went into a tirade listing every problem we had ever had in the years they had been married. 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.
Finally, after allowing this for a sufficient length of time, the therapist got up, walked around the desk and asked my wife to stand,
he embraced and kissed her long and passionately as I watched - with a raised eyebrow.
My wife shut up and quietly sat down in a daze.
The therapist turned to me and said, "This is what your wife needs at least 3 times a week. Can you do this?"
"Well, I can drop her off here on Mondays and Wednesdays,
But on Fridays,â€I Go to Joe Pool."
