Marriage Moats-Who Me?
Published: Fri, 04/13/12
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Today I went out to lunch with a friend. Half way through the salad
we heard the muffled sound of a car horn bleating. People in the
restaurant seemed nonplussed, so I kept eating. It went on for a few
more minutes and I peered out the window wondering if the owner of the
car would get his act together to turn it off. The chef of the cafe took
action, and walked around outside and in to find the source. He stopped
at my table.
"Lori, it's you."
Memory kicked in. Benjamin had set an alarm and changed the setting
from tinkling bells to old car horn. I fumbled deep in my bag to turn
it off and back pedaled on the accusations that had recently been
circulating in my brain. Noticing the myriad and blatant infractions of others comes easily. Recently I posted a list of relationship no no's in a marriage moat. It began with ways men can instill fear in their wives, and several women told me they were about to click on forward, to alert their husbands to the sins of their ways when they noticed that the list went on to include mistakes women make when speaking to men. Then their fingers stalled mid air and they reconsidered the incriminating evidence. We could see this as a huge inconvenience. Or we could frame it as a marvelous buddy system. Photo by Rhys Asplundh
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