GL: By THE WIFE about THE WIFE was /dock lines

[Charles and Pat Culotta]

>>> THE WIFE? isn't she yours or his? AS in MY wife? Your wife? And why is 
>>> it
>> always The 'little lady' who handles the lines? I could handle my own
>> helm,
>> other 'little women' should practice this operation for a 'what if'
>> circumstance if nothing else!
>>
>> Marge Griffith, boatless now!
>> _______________________________________________



THE WIFE RESPONDS (again)

And now for the rest of the story.......

Many years ago when Charles and I were dating he would tell me stories of 
his parents great love  for each other throughout their marriage of 60+ 
years.  He was especially affected and impressed by his Dad's utter and 
complete devotion to his Mother.  Charles Sr. always deferred to his wife 
and always cherished her.  Charles Sr. referred to her as THE WIFE.  Shortly 
after we married Charles Jr called me THE WIFE and I remember how sweet and 
romantic that moment was.  The term is used as in the quintessential, can't 
be improved, the one. So he wrote a column for a magazine once and I wrote a 
response, signing it "THE WIFE" thus  began the tradition of my nome de 
plume.
 My responses  are usually, though not always, reflective of the other side 
of his boating story.  For example, if you want the true story of weather 
for the day, ask the woman on board because the man will say something like, 
"It was a little choppy, no big deal" while the woman may say "I felt my 
uterus flip over and my eyes rolled back in my head, it was so rough."

I do handle the lines as well as the helm and sometimes even have to do icky 
things on that boat that are not for polite conversation.  There are very 
few "boy" duties or "girl" duties on our boat, I wish there were more and 
often long for those Victorian days when the "little lady " was in the 
parlor doing needlework or playing cards.

The morale of the story is, I suppose, that things are not always what they 
seem and assumptions are like stereo types, they exist for a reason but 
.......


THE WIFE
CHARLES C., JR. & PAT CULOTTA
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