Chapter Ten
I Want to be in Control
“Andrew, are you happy?” my wife asked.
I had just come home from working. I was on the second-to-last day of my usual two weeks on and after tomorrow I had two glorious weeks off stretching ahead of me. Her question caught me by surprise. We had been married seven years and a lot of the first blush of love had faded but I was at least content.
“I think so, Sherry,” I said. “Why, what is bothering you?”
“It just seems to me that we’ve lost that… spark,” she said.
“Maybe,” I agreed, “but we still love each other, and we have a nice life and…”
“Doesn’t it seem like it’s not enough?” she asked.
“Well…”
“Wouldn’t it be nice to kind of spice up our love life?” she asked.
“I guess.”
“Don’t you get bored just doing the same old thing?” she asked. “Yo
