The Compassionate Husband

Danyel and I have gotten hooked on this new show on Monday nights called "What About Brian?". There is a story line going on in the show right now about this married couple who are playing with the idea of having an open marriage. The wife, who is a stay at home mom of 4 kids, is the one who suggested it. Her reasoning is that she thinks it will be a turn on and help re-spark their love life AND they were married at such a young age that she feels like she has missed out on a lot of things... sex with other people being the main 'thing' of course. So, anyways, the husband has some reservations about the open marriage thing, but they have very loosely agreed upon it. He has tried to go out and pick up other women, but he just finds himself wanting to go back home and be with his family. Really, you kind of see him as a victim in the whole thing because it is evident that he is not too thrilled about it and just wants to make his wife happy. In the meantime, she is flirting with the idea of hooking up with this guy she met at the park who is a divorced father.

So, that's the plot. This plot infuriates my husband. Last week while we were watching the show and this plot came up he just kept going on and on about how in the wrong this woman is. She should be taking care of her kids... She has a wonderful husband working hard for his family and all she can think about is cheating on him... blah, blah, blah. At the end of the episode last week, he even went as far as to say that he will not watch this show again if she cheats on him... "It is just wrong!"

The show came on last night and the story line continued and so did his disapproval of it. Finally, at the end of the episode, she hops into the back of her minivan with this divorced guy and they get it on in the grocery store parking lot. Danyel was so upset by this. He kept saying how he felt so sorry for the husband and that he didn't deserve this.... She is such a slut... It is wrong for them to show this on T.V. and make people think that it is o.k. to behave like this, etc. I had to remind him that IT IS JUST MAKE BELIEVE... THIS IS NOT REAL... IT IS JUST A T.V. SHOW!!! He was feeling genuine compassion for this guy who is just a character! A little bit later after the show had already been over for a while, I asked him if he was still upset and he said yes and started on his rant again. Oh Lordy.

Don't worry, Pookie. Your stay at home wife has no interest in getting it on with another dude in the back of her minivan at the Krogers. I don't even have a minivan.