I never would have believed it if I hadn't seen the show myself. I nearly fell of the treadmill watching Oprah this week. The secret is a secret no more. American women after marriage and babies have no interest in sex with their husbands. Not only did they not keep it a secret, they were openly hostile to a woman who actually had the nerve to say her relationship with her husband was more important than her kids. Blasphemy!
Ayelet Waldman wrote an essay based on her observation that many mothers that she came in contact with focused all of their love and attention to their children, to the detriment of their husbands. She openly claimed that she loved her children but was not in love with them, and cautioned women to keep their relationship a priority in their lives.
The response was "there will be time for him once the children are gone". Now I am all for being good parents to the generation who will follow us, but this near sighted attitude is a recipe for disaster. There is no wonder the divorce rate is so high in the United States. A ring on your finger is not a life long contract, and married women, if you feel tired now, try it as a single mother, ladies.
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