Life on Life's Terms II
Have you thought about this?
Have you thought about this?
Marty, Benjamin, and Terry where standing around the
coffee pot in the kitchen when I refilled my cup. Marty had told them he was thinking of
getting a divorce. Benjamin and Terry
thought he’d lost his mind.
“You don’t throw away thirty-five years of marriage
because you’re wife annoys you,” Terry said.
Marty had complained before his wife was a control freak with a touch of
OCD. Now he told us she was upset about
how much time he spent at NA meetings.
Call it ageism, but I was slow to suspect an older man
might have another motive for leaving his wife.
Benjamin was much quicker to guess the real reason for Marty was
thinking about divorce.
“You met somebody,” Benjamin said. “You met somebody, probably at an NA meeting,
and you’re thinking of trading in your wife for a newer model.”
“There’s more to it than that,” Marty insisted. The more he tried to explain, the more I
realized there really wasn’t much more.
Terry told Marty he shouldn’t make such a major decision without a lot
more thought. Benjamin and I agreed,but
Marty didn’t seem to hear us.
Today I won’t make major changes based on
minor consideration.
Life on Life’s Terms II © 2015 by Ken Montrose
(Just a reminder: LOLT II is
a work of fiction. Any resemblance to
anyone you might know is purely coincidental.)
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