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and aspirations.
After two years of this harried lifestyle, Thomas earned his bachelor’s degree in music while Robin earned her bachelor’s degree in literature. She was accepted into a master’s degree program to earn her library science degree. The master’s program required residence at a university in Wisconsin for the four-semester program. Thomas was repeatedly vocal about his reluctance to move to Wisconsin.
“Can’t you find a library program at a university somewhere near where I want to live?”
he whined.
Thomas had failed to open up and share the true reasons for this unwillingness to relocate to Wisconsin. She’d always viewed her marriage as a partnership because it’s what she’d observed in her grandparents’ sixty year marriage. Her grandparents’ relationship had been the pairing of a man and woman who wanted the same things out of life. It had been a partnership where each party encouraged and supported, not only financially, the other. She believed since she’d wholeheartedly supported her husband’s dreams and aspirations to attain his music degree and follow his interest in music, he would reciprocate and support her dream of becoming a librarian. She discovered much too late her innocent and trusting nature had enabled her husband to take advantage of her for years.
During the summer after their respective graduations, Thomas secretly auditioned for an up and coming country music singer, Marcus Cummings, who needed a first-class guitar player and composer to round out his band, MC Country. Marcus was impressed with Thomas and offered him the job on the spot. Without hesitation, Thomas accepted the job to travel with Marcus and his small ensemble even though the financial rewards would be miniscule at the outset.
The group’s collective goal was to secure a recording contract in Nashville. The goal required many difficult days and nights travelling the back roads of the Midwest composing songs, performing, and building up a loyal fan base. Thomas had neglected to mention his audition to Robin beforehand. He also failed to discuss the situation with his wife. The decision of joining the band and leaving home was solely his. Apparently, he didn’t view their marriage as a partnership.
When she returned home from an especially exhausting shift at the diner late one evening, Robin found her husband waiting for her in their small apartment. He looked at his wristwatch as he greeted her with an impatient, “It’s about time, Robin.” His musical equipment, two suitcases, and several boxes were packed and stacked next to the front door.
Robin carefully set the cardboard bakery box she’d carried home on the kitchen table before she turned to ask her spouse the reason his luggage and equipment were sitting near the door. “What’s going on? Is something wrong with your parents back in Bonita Creek?”
“I don’t know. I couldn’t care less what’s going on in Bonita Creek,” he shouted in reply.
In heart-wrenching detail, Thomas revealed his goals, dreams, and plans for his future. He felt he was talented musically and so gifted he could make it as a big country music star within a few years. He boasted he had ‘aced’ the audition with Marcus Cummings and been offered ‘the chance of a lifetime’ to travel with the group throughout the Midwest on their way to Nashville. Her husband was excited and wound up in a way she’d never observed before in all their years together. He was a virtual stranger as he spoke.
Robin would never forget Thomas’s hurtful response when she asked about their marriage and their future together. “I thought we married for life, Thomas. We both took the vow of ‘till death do us part’ at our wedding ceremony. Why didn’t you tell me before we got married you weren’t interested in a lifetime commitment? I can’t believe you’ve led me on for years when you had no intention of being my husband for eternity.”
Wearing a shadowy
After two years of this harried lifestyle, Thomas earned his bachelor’s degree in music while Robin earned her bachelor’s degree in literature. She was accepted into a master’s degree program to earn her library science degree. The master’s program required residence at a university in Wisconsin for the four-semester program. Thomas was repeatedly vocal about his reluctance to move to Wisconsin.
“Can’t you find a library program at a university somewhere near where I want to live?”
he whined.
Thomas had failed to open up and share the true reasons for this unwillingness to relocate to Wisconsin. She’d always viewed her marriage as a partnership because it’s what she’d observed in her grandparents’ sixty year marriage. Her grandparents’ relationship had been the pairing of a man and woman who wanted the same things out of life. It had been a partnership where each party encouraged and supported, not only financially, the other. She believed since she’d wholeheartedly supported her husband’s dreams and aspirations to attain his music degree and follow his interest in music, he would reciprocate and support her dream of becoming a librarian. She discovered much too late her innocent and trusting nature had enabled her husband to take advantage of her for years.
During the summer after their respective graduations, Thomas secretly auditioned for an up and coming country music singer, Marcus Cummings, who needed a first-class guitar player and composer to round out his band, MC Country. Marcus was impressed with Thomas and offered him the job on the spot. Without hesitation, Thomas accepted the job to travel with Marcus and his small ensemble even though the financial rewards would be miniscule at the outset.
The group’s collective goal was to secure a recording contract in Nashville. The goal required many difficult days and nights travelling the back roads of the Midwest composing songs, performing, and building up a loyal fan base. Thomas had neglected to mention his audition to Robin beforehand. He also failed to discuss the situation with his wife. The decision of joining the band and leaving home was solely his. Apparently, he didn’t view their marriage as a partnership.
When she returned home from an especially exhausting shift at the diner late one evening, Robin found her husband waiting for her in their small apartment. He looked at his wristwatch as he greeted her with an impatient, “It’s about time, Robin.” His musical equipment, two suitcases, and several boxes were packed and stacked next to the front door.
Robin carefully set the cardboard bakery box she’d carried home on the kitchen table before she turned to ask her spouse the reason his luggage and equipment were sitting near the door. “What’s going on? Is something wrong with your parents back in Bonita Creek?”
“I don’t know. I couldn’t care less what’s going on in Bonita Creek,” he shouted in reply.
In heart-wrenching detail, Thomas revealed his goals, dreams, and plans for his future. He felt he was talented musically and so gifted he could make it as a big country music star within a few years. He boasted he had ‘aced’ the audition with Marcus Cummings and been offered ‘the chance of a lifetime’ to travel with the group throughout the Midwest on their way to Nashville. Her husband was excited and wound up in a way she’d never observed before in all their years together. He was a virtual stranger as he spoke.
Robin would never forget Thomas’s hurtful response when she asked about their marriage and their future together. “I thought we married for life, Thomas. We both took the vow of ‘till death do us part’ at our wedding ceremony. Why didn’t you tell me before we got married you weren’t interested in a lifetime commitment? I can’t believe you’ve led me on for years when you had no intention of being my husband for eternity.”
Wearing a shadowy
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