My Marriage Failed Because I Didn’t Study
In some marriages, someone is always issuing the ‘how much you love me’ test.
Image by Annelise Lords
Resting my feet at the mall after store hopping, a voice behind me said, “Where the hell have you been? I just left your house and heard you no longer live there!”
I slowly turned my head to the right to see three females around a small round table enjoying yogurt, and one standing up.
“Oh, Frank filed for divorce,” one of them said.
Sitting on the vacant chair, she asked, “What the hell happened?”
“I failed his test.”
“What test?”
“You know, the test your husband hands out daily to make sure you love him.”
“Some of us call it spicing up our relationship.”
“Spice comes with exotic flavors and enjoyment, not pain and criticism.”
“She is right, you know,” someone said.
“But he has been doing that for years. You don’t like tests anymore?”
“Do you remember when we were in high school and Mrs. Shelby, our Biology teacher, would give us surprise tests two or three times per week?” One of them said, sending them back down to Recall Retreat.
“Damn, I hate that woman. She was the one who made me change my career choice.”
“Me too. I wanted to be a nurse. Thanks to her I hate Science subjects.”
“She overdid it with her tests, and all of us failed.”
“She didn’t realize that we had nine more subjects to focus on.”
Silence gave them many answers, and one of them said, “You stopped studying.”
“Unlike in Bio class, we are in our sixties. Our focus is on aging and mounting health issues. Not on ‘how much you love me’ tests.”
In some relationships, someone is always testing the love their partner has for them, unaware that sometimes some of us will stop studying.
If your heart could speak, what would it say?
Life tests us for valid reasons. Humans test us for personal gratification. Sometimes the ones who failed the test are the winners. — Annelise Lords
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