2002-12-09 - 6:11 a.m.
SPOILED WIVES
Today is Mr. Philately�s lucky day. Who would have guessed that he would have a lucky day when he had a cold? Usually colds preclude lucky days but not this time. Mr. Philately�s been offered a chance to get rid of his spoiled, American wife and take a Russian bride.
We have two separate e-mail accounts for the house. The one we have had the longest has begun to fill up with spam. I use a spam filter but these people can change names and domains and goodness knows what else faster than I can filter out their messages. I started having to set priorities on spam-filtering so that my list of unapproved message domains is not too long.
My usual priorities involve people who try to send me pornography or sexual aids, Viagra ads included. But the Russian bride people are different. They believe in marriage. Their purpose is noble. They didn�t mean to threaten to break up my family. They just didn�t know. How could I filter out people who so clearly support family values? And how could I deprive Mr. Philately of the chance to see just what his future could look like if only he divorced his spoiled, American wife?
For now, of course, he can only dream about those possible Russian wives. This year will involve us throwing a somewhat expensive party for Day-Hay�s bat mitzvah and two years from now will bring college costs. We talked it over and we concluded that a divorce simply would be too expensive right now. If he is at all tempted, he will just have to wait. After all, we are practical people.
But still, today is his lucky day. It�s not everyday that a man gets a new dream. It�s not everyday that he gets offers from women who are not his wife. (Well, it�s not everyday that some men get offers from women who are not his wife.) It�s not everyday that someone assures him in e-mail that there are women out there who are not spoiled.
In the meantime, however, he is stuck with me and I have my demands. When he gets over his cold, I�d appreciate it if he would replace the guts of our toilet. After all, spoiled women have their dreams too.
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