> A husband and wife came for counseling after 15 years of marriage.
When
> asked what the problem was, the wife went into a passionate and
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
un-met
> 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. 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 golf."