NationNewsCommentaryDEAR CHRISTINE: Oh dear, what can the matter be...?

DEAR CHRISTINE: Oh dear, what can the matter be…?

Dear Christine,

My problem relates to my wife. I’m 27 and she is 23. It’s three years now and I must admit the first two years were good. But then she began to complain about my going out at nights.

Next, it was why she couldn’t have a job. But, Christine, I earn enough, so I don’t believe it is necessary for her to work.

The worst part of it now for almost a year has to do with our love-making. She’s usually “too tired”. She says there’s no other man and I believe her.

So what can the matter be, and what can I do about it?

– JACK

Dear Jack,

For starters, Ithink you’re very lucky that there isn’t another man by now. Not that I suppose for a moment she wants to be unfaithful to you; but she sounds bored with the tedium of her life.

Never mind whether or not you need the money. She needs the stimulus of a job outside the home. Your going out at nights isn’t going to cause her to rejoice. Why not take her with you?

Your wife wants a companion, a friend, a lover – not just someone who’s only providing food and shelter.

– CHRISTINE