Looking at Marriage in a Glass Half-full/Half-empty Way
September 28, 2008
Think of ways to spend more time together.
Think of ways to avoid seeing him.
Think of ways to spend more time together.
Think of ways to avoid seeing him.
Ponder the wonderful circumstances that brought you together.
Ponder the circumstances that brought you together.
Just thinking of your husband brings a smile to your face.
Just thinking of your husband brings a frown to your face.
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Was called Mrs.
Get people to realize that there is something besides Miss and Mrs. (and it's not just a magazine).
Wait for him to eat dinner.
Eat whenever you want.
Don’t worry about going someplace alone.
Don’t worry about not going where you want, alone.
Enjoy foreplay.
Dread foreplay. But no worry, this never happens any more anyway. (Did it ever, really?)
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You only want to please him. You only need to please yourself. * * *
Know you can be longed for even before you brush your teeth.
Know that every breath of yours is perceived as poisonous.
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Say I love you.
Whisper I loathe you.
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Had a wedding.
Had a divorce party.
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Tell the tale of how you met to all you meet.
Dread recollecting your romantic beginning.
Have someone “take advantage” of you (in a playful, sexual way).
Have someone take advantage of you (in a mean, legal, financial way).
Initiate sex.
Thwart sex.
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Have conversations about what’s important to him.
No longer have to listen to him talk about how important he is.
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Just thinking of your husband brings a smile to your face.
Just thinking of your husband brings a frown to your face.
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Know that you’ll always get a birthday present.
Know that you won’t have to ask for the gift receipt or pretend that you like something that you don't.
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Wear a thong to bed, just in case.
Go to bed, and sleep, comfortably.
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You have someone to pamper when he’s sick, bringing to the fore your innate care and compassion.
You no longer have to service his every call for tea, tissues, water, cough syrup, lozenge, chicken soup, newspaper, tea, tissues, water, cough syrup, lozenge, chicken soup, newspaper endlessly throughout the day and days.
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Do things to make someone else happy.
Have things done to you that only make someone else happy.
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