After 35 years of marriage, a husband and wife
came for counseling. When asked what the
problem was, the wife went into a passionate,
painful tirade listing every problem they had
ever had in the years they had been married.
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.
Finally, after allowing this 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 3 times a week. Can you do this?'
'Well, I can drop her off here on Mondays and
Wednesdays, but on Fridays, I fish.
came for counseling. When asked what the
problem was, the wife went into a passionate,
painful tirade listing every problem they had
ever had in the years they had been married.
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.
Finally, after allowing this 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 3 times a week. Can you do this?'
'Well, I can drop her off here on Mondays and
Wednesdays, but on Fridays, I fish.
