Dr. Sisters: Does it embarrass you to talk about your problems? David: Sure, it does. But I guess we need to talk to somebody. Dr. Sisters: Barbara feels that well, that you resent her job. you… David: I know. like her to stay home, but very smart. So don’t I’d she’s really, I encouraged her to go back to work. With the kids in school, she needs something to do. And I suppose we need the money. Dr. Sisters: How do you share the housework? David: I try to help. I always help her with the dishes, and I help Gary and Debbieto do their homework while she makes dinner. But she think doesn’t enough. What do you think? that’s Dr. Sisters: not here to give an opinion, David. I’m David: I think both too tired, all. In the evenings both we’re that’s we’re too tired to talk. And she never allows me to suggest anything about Barbara… the house or about the kids. We always have the same arguments. She has her own opinions and it. Last night we had another the that’s fight. She’s forbidden kids to ride their bikes to school. Dr. Sisters: Why? David: She thinks too young to ride in the traffic. But I think they they’re should. She always complains about picking them up at school. But they be can’t tied to their all their lives, can they? mother’s apron strings LESSON 10: A funny thing happened to me… A funny thing happened to me last Friday. gone into Chicago to do I’d some shopping. I wanted to get some Christmas presents, and I needed to find a book for my a junior at Northwestern University in psych course (I’m Evanston). I had gotten to the city early, so by early afternoon bought I’d
Dr. Sisters: Does it embarrass you to talk about your problems? David: Sure, it does. But I guess we need to talk to somebody. Dr. Sisters: Barbara feels that you… well, that you resent her job. David: I don’t know. I’d like her to stay home, but she’s very smart. So really, I encouraged her to go back to work. With the kids in school, she needs something to do. And I suppose we need the money. Dr. Sisters: How do you share the housework? David: I try to help. I always help her with the dishes, and I help Gary and Debbieto do their homework while she makes dinner. But she doesn’t think that’s enough. What do you think? Dr. Sisters: I’m not here to give an opinion, David. David: I think we’re both too tired, that’s all. In the evenings we’re both too tired to talk. And Barbara… she never allows me to suggest anything about the house or about the kids. We always have the same arguments. She has her own opinions and that’s it. Last night we had another fight. She’s forbidden the kids to ride their bikes to school. Dr. Sisters: Why? David: She thinks they’re too young to ride in the traffic. But I think they should. She always complains about picking them up at school. But they can’t be tied to their mother’s apron strings all their lives, can they? LESSON 10: A funny thing happened to me… A funny thing happened to me last Friday. I’d gone into Chicago to do some shopping. I wanted to get some Christmas presents, and I needed to find a book for my psych course (I’m a junior at Northwestern University in Evanston). I had gotten to the city early, so by early afternoon I’d bought
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