> A husband and wife came for counseling after 15 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 15 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.'
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> A husband and wife came for counseling after 15 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 15 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.'