Two Wives (reprise)

We were preparing dinner last evening when T came through my patio door grinning from ear to ear. "He's a riot," she told me.



She and He had been talking as He grilled hamburgers for our dinner, and the conversation had turned to the subject of our upcoming anniversary. He and I have an "anniversary" of sorts that comes up in the first week of June. It marks the date of my arrival here in Cincinnati to live, after making the move from Colorado. As we finish next week, that date will roll around again to mark six years of my residence here, as part of the family.



As the conversation was repeated to me, T suggested to Himself, that it might be good to get a card for me for that date.



She told me that He looked at her with a look of shock on His face that she interpreted as, "I don't know where to buy a card!" She took pity on Him and asked Him if He wanted her to buy a card for Him to give me. Of course, He replied in the affirmative. Then, because my sister-heart can be a smart alek, she inquired whether He wanted her to buy a card for "their" anniversary (which will happen about 10 days later). He simply looked at her and told her, "No. sue has already got a card for you."


Years ago, as we prepared for His knee replacement surgery, a physical therapist that we were dealing with, got a sense of what our relational configuration is, and asked Him, "why would anyone want two wives?" We laughed about it at the time, but clearly, the answer is that with two wives, a guy never has to worry about buying wife gifts or cards. We take care of that for Him -- each of us buys the gifts and the cards and the flowers for the other one. And then we have Him sign the cards and give the gifts at the appropriate moment. Two wives can take care of each other, and He never needs to worry about it.



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