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A husband and wife came for counseling after 20 years of
marriage. When asked what the problem was, the wife went
into a passionate, painful tirade listing every problem they
had ever had in the 20 years they had been married.
She went 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 over the
course of their marriage.
Finally, after allowing this to go on for a sufficient
length of time, the therapist got up, walked around the desk
and, after asking the wife to stand, embraced and kissed her
passionately as her husband watched with a raised eyebrow.
The woman shut up and quietly sat down as though in a daze.
The therapist turned to the husband and said, 'This is what
your wife needs at least three times a week. Can you do
this?'
The husband thought for a moment and replied, 'Well, I can
drop her off here on Mondays and Wednesdays, but on Fridays,
I fish.'
marriage. When asked what the problem was, the wife went
into a passionate, painful tirade listing every problem they
had ever had in the 20 years they had been married.
She went 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 over the
course of their marriage.
Finally, after allowing this to go on for a sufficient
length of time, the therapist got up, walked around the desk
and, after asking the wife to stand, embraced and kissed her
passionately as her husband watched with a raised eyebrow.
The woman shut up and quietly sat down as though in a daze.
The therapist turned to the husband and said, 'This is what
your wife needs at least three times a week. Can you do
this?'
The husband thought for a moment and replied, 'Well, I can
drop her off here on Mondays and Wednesdays, but on Fridays,
I fish.'
