I am 54 years old and married for 31 years. I have become very bitter to my husband over things that have happened throughout the years. Last year was really bad, so I went to buy your book, "The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands," but did not buy it -- instead the more I read it in the store, the madder I got. I thought: How come he isn't making the effort...Why do I have to, after all the things he's done to me and the marriage? I just didn't care anymore. Then he asked me to go away for a night to spend some time together and my heart skipped a beat and I realized we still had that βthing.β And even though we ended up not going, I knew our feelings were not dead.
Then I planned a trip to visit my sons and finally decided to buy your book to read during my trip. My husband was to join us in three days. I started reading Monday night and by Thursday was a new person. I took your advice and the next night (after an intimate encounter), my husband was saying things to me like: βWhere have you been? This is the Kathy I fell in love withβ¦β He has been so different β¦more loving and caring in every way. We wives really do have the power.
Life is too short to be bitter. I'm done with that. I like how he looks at me and wonders what got into me. Thank you, Dr. Laura. It really works. We have each other, and I plan to make the most of that.
Kathy