From the mind of a wife, translated…
I’d gone to the family doctor section for treatment, and, I’d caught this, interesting scene. The doctor stated to the elderly patient what he’d needed to watch out for, and, the listener didn’t seem to be paying attention, just kept, turning toward his wife who was accompanying him, “Did you remember that?”, and the doctor didn’t know WHO he should look at as he spoke. At the medicine counter, the wife finally, voiced her displeasures, “the doctor is telling you about YOUR condition, why must I remember it for you? Don’t you have ears?”, the man stated, self-righteously, “you’re MY wife, naturally, you MUST remember for me!”
What sort of a reasoning IS this? The man’s brain can space out, but, must we women, be on guards and ready for wars at all times?
Once on a gathering of old classmates, I’d spoken. And, Shu-Huei had, made up a new name for the case “Wife’s boy”, based off of her observations, a lot of men after they’d retired, they’d turned into their “wife’s boys”. She’d used herself as an example, her husband was once, a hotshot in his field, but, after he’d retired, his buddies all, scattered away, and he’d become, a total GEEK, whether it be going to the libraries to check out a book, or going hiking at a nearby hiking trail, he’d wanted her to come with him on, this had, bothered her, because she felt, that they should have time together, but also, their own hobbies to pursue, but, her husband didn’t think so.
Those men who walked tall, how come, they’re not, singing out, their own independence now? Su wondered too, that every morning, her husband would ask her over and over: which shirt should I wear? Which pair of pants makes me look better? Where are we going to hang out together today? What do we eat? It’d, annoyed the HELL out of her. From when they were younger, he’d not become, so clingy, and, after retirement, things seemed to have, changed, it’s really, odd. Su shook her head.
A couple of us, aged women, wrecked our brains out, and still, can’t figure out, that our sons would go to the distance, to NOT become mama’s boys, so how come, our husbands were willing, to fall, and become their wives’ boys? We’d worked, for our families, as well as our children our whole lives, and, at old age, we just wanted to, breathe in some freedom for ourselves, and men, STAY OFF our backs!
So, this would be THE TREND, because men had been, working hard, in the workforce, and, doing JUST that, failed to establish connection, or to, keep up with hobbies and such, which is why, after retirement, you’d all, become, clingy to us, and, we’re just, started to, enjoy OUR dependence, and, you DO see, how this could, become, problematic, can’t you???