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Unsung Heroes — Going Solo
My wife has been very busy recently, and so I have been forced by circumstance and necessity, to actually start taking care of myself. This is totally unacceptable of course, as I am a man, and deserve to be spoiled.
Now my wife is a wonderful cook, and I am not simply saying this to avoid unnecessary violence, if, in a moment of madness, I should take my life in my hands and argue with her.
My wife has spent a considerable amount of time educating me in all the facets of human living and is now teaching me Chinese.
She started simply by pulling my ear, forcibly, to reinforce each new word that I learned. She told me that I would find this very useful.
She is always kind, helpful … and forgiving.
She now tells me that when I get things wrong … “I will give you a second chance.”
At this point, I apologise profusely and then disappear into my tool shed, and although it is often very cold because of winter, I feel very much safer.
I am not a brave man. I am married.
Then she started to teach me actual Chinese, and in fact created a YouTube Channel, to help me.
