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Hit the floor running?

The next morning, she still didn’t get up under her own power, so she got the cane treatment again. The third morning, she was out of bed before I could use the cane.

Everything is running smoothly at our house now. I’ve always attended 5 a.m. Mass on Sunday, but she would wait until the last Mass. Believe it or not, she is now up and ready to go without being asked. I guess this proves that the cane is better than the divorce court. At 10 p.m., she turns off the television and comes marching to bed like a lamb.

My theory is we are going to live with television, but we don’t have to put up with its unpleasant problems. Also, we must train the weaker sex so they will take care of their obligations.

I would like to advise all young men to place the electric cane first on the list of household appliances, and start training the wife immediately after the honeymoon. Women are more easily trained when young!

— R.

R.: If you are telling the truth, you mean “cowed,” not trained, don’t you?

Wives aren’t cattle, so even if you succeeded in getting your wife to bed at 10 p.m. and up again at 4 a.m., it isn’t likely you have made her love you more or made her happy. You may have started inner rebellion that will someday explode and make you wish you had never heard of an electric cane.

My advice is to get at the root of her vicarious absorbance in fictitious loves instead of using cattle-driving tactics. A woman who lives a good love life with her husband doesn’t have to depend heavily on love stories.