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Originally Posted by Janice D. Soderling
Congratulations on your impending marriage. Here is my unasked for advice. Don't wait for for your wife to ask "Honey, I need you to look after the kids for an hour while I get some writing done in the study." Shouldn't that be "our kids", or maybe an hour and fifteen minutes or maybe how about the husband asking, "Honey, etc."
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Oh, absolutely. For
me, that's not even an issue, as my fiancee would attest. We've made "give and take" an art. I was speaking more to the Jills of the world, who feel they are too busy with mothering and wifing to have any time to write. Obviously in those situations, those women
need to ask / tell their husbands that they require some alone time to ply their craft. And like I said earlier, any husband who feels affronted by such a request deserves a swift kick to the you-know-where.
By the way, I wasn't offended by your earlier comments in the least!
Lisa -- thanks for your very kind comments. Not to sound twee, but so far as I'm concerned, both my fiancee and I are lucky to have each other. I know a lot of young-ish couples say this, but...we really are perfect for each other.
P.S.: The avatar is wise, old, wrinkly Auden. Janice actually started a thread to that effect once when she happened upon his picture elsewhere and made the connection.
