This title came across my feed reader today, and for some morbid reason I clicked it. It’s an advice column at the Globe and Mail, and man is it good.
Here’s the question, amazing as it is, and the columnist answers it in awesome sarcastic fashion.
My wife and I have been in a long-distance relationship that began shortly before the marriage, and has lasted for six years. She moves from one job to another in different countries. Both of us work in very specialized professions, which we can only practise from our respective locations. I cannot ask her to quit her profession, and I don’t want to quit mine.
We see each other about once a year for maybe a week or two, but maintain a weekly phone call.
Recently she has been talking having children. And because we really don’t have the time to be together, she wants to go through IVF. She plans to take a year off as maternity leave, and then go to work in Nairobi for two years. And God knows where else after that.
I have always encouraged her to pursue what she wanted. However, I have been asking myself if there is any point in maintaining this relationship. Am I being selfish to think we should separate?
You really need to read this.
OH! That is GOLD!
The only thing to make that scenario more absurd (and spooky for some of us) would be if it was the DUDE that wanted her to have a baby. OMG.
Hm, that would be spooky. And yes, OMG is just about the only thing I can think of in this situation.
wow indeed. it’s truly amazing to find out the way some folks live. I think I have a marriage story to top all marriage stories. Jason was at a work-conference thingy when he walked into the middle of a conversation. He assumed the speaker was telling a joke. He heard, “. . . and the guy (I will refrain from name use to protect this poor sap) told the doctor ‘we don’t understand why we can’t have a baby. Every night we lie in bed together holding hands and praying for a baby.'” Jason started to chuckle when someone else said, “oh, you’re talking about (I’ll leave out his name…). yeah, my brother told me this story.” Jason was speechless; this is a real — and evidently notorious — couple. Apparently none of their religious teachings had ever touched on the importance of actual intercourse, in addition to prayer, when it comes to baby-making.