The Wall Street Journal featured an interesting article yesterday: Happy Couples Kiss and Tell. The author interviewed several couples (including her own parents) who have been married for decades and asked them the secrets to their success. 
Yeah, I know that’s a picture of Ozzy and Sharon, but this is the comment that struck closest to home for me, since the chances of A. biting the head off a bat are pretty slim (I hope). It’s from Rosalynn Carter, who’s been married to former President Jimmy Carter for 63 years now:
“First, well, let me just say: Don’t ever write a book with your husband.”
Thoughts?
Humm..looks like me and the hubs are in for the long haul. I can’t get him to read a book, much less write one with me.
There you go! More yin and yang stuff.
I actually can’t imagine writing a novel with another person, though I understand it’s been done. But unless I write a novel about MySQL or some programming language, A. and I probably won’t end up collaborating on it.
I don’t work well with others. Just ask my kindergarten teacher. That’s what she wrote on my report card a hundred years ago. She, the witch, said “Shaddy doesn’t” so I said “if you say so then I won’t.”
Thus, writing a book with anyone would be a disaster. My husband’s like darksculpture’s; he only reads the newspaper and laughs when I tell him he should give writing a try.
What a kindergarten teacher!
I think your writing solo works out just fine…
Will never happen. I read him my stories and he gives me suggestions, but writing together, nope!
Interesting. Seems like that’s the way with most of us. So maybe Rosalynn was on to something….
Well, yes, I agree fully that would be difficult, to write a novel with my husband. How do you get one voice? I don’t think I could write a novel with anyone!
But I would also add, don’t hang window treatments with your husband.
This made me snort coffee out my nose, Kathan. I suspect that you have quite a story in you about hanging window treatments, and I am eagerly awaiting the opportunity to read it!
There’s really only one story. We learned our lesson and we’ve agreed never to do it again!
Still, I’ll bet it’s a good story on how you actually did learn the lesson….
All of these comments made me laugh out loud! My husband also won’t read a book, but I’ve convinced him to listen to an audio book in the car after I threatened divorce if he listened to NPR one more time.
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As for window treatments, I pick them, he hangs them, no problem
My husband is a bit of a yes man so we could write a book together. I would say “How about this…” and he would say “Okay, honey…”.
What can I say, it’s a perfect marriage.
Too funny! You have to read the Wall Street Journal article — you’ll be quoted in their follow-up article 40 years from now. One guy in the article (who’s been married for 60+ years) says: I say ‘Yes ma’am’ and ‘No ma’am’ a lot.
Me, I’ve had a long marriage and a happy one — fortunately, I’m in the happy one now.