My neighbor finally returned home. If you can remember her, she was the banshee that sent penetrating chills down our spines with her out-of-tune screaming on that fateful November night. That was like what? more than 2 months ago? Yeah, she fucking absconded from her marriage after that night (so we learnt from the neighborhood gossips…) and refuged at her mother’s place until only a few days ago – when Emily spotted the cow came home to her apartment unit wearing a smile.
So it took her over 2 freaking months to cool down and get back to her life. That’s an awfully long time if you were to ask me. I can imagine the husband’s distress for being alone at home with the kids. He’d have to do his own laundry and his kids’ as well. (if he’s good, he’d probably be able to get his kids to do it for him). Then he also had to manage the 3 meals for the family as well. Without the wife around, it sure is hell… especially when you have kids in the family. Like for myself, I can’t imagine how my life would turn out if Emily were to abscond like my neighbor, you know… my life will be in chaos and I’d probably roam till twilight hours everyday drinking with my buddies (hey…)
But that’s the fact, when a fight breaks out between a couple, it’s usually the wife that takes it more personally than the husband. The husband would forget about everything after a couple nights out with the guys, or over a victorious soccer match of his favorite club. But the wife on the other hand, would remember that fight probably for the rest of her life. And one day if the husband were to accidentally do something unfavorable to the wife – like forgetting to buy her box of tampons – she’d dig the topic up again and scream like she had lost her uterus… or her favorite Korean soap hunk. (the only known method to erase that bitter incident from her memory, is to buy her a multi-carat diamond or something of equal value).
So guys, this is a very good example for you to learn from. It tells us one very important thing – before we decide to goad our domestic hurricane Katrina into a full fledged storm, we have to make sure that we have a backup plan.