You are very right in asking the ladies view of this phenomenon. I know they will have more insight regarding the physical experience than any man can have. You are very remiss to not ask the men’s prospective of hanging onto the back of the hook-and-ladder as she drives this fire engine through the woods at full tilt …………………. sometimes . The view can be somewhat different. I can only promise a journey that AAA doesn’t have any road maps to.

There is better than an even chance you are going to get to meet the twin sister she never told you about. She’ll come to visit often, sometimes more than once or twice in the same day. Your wife didn’t tell you about her because she hates her and can’t stand being in the same room with her, so don’t expect to see them together.

It is going to be very educational. You may get to learn a new language where ‘no’ means ‘yes’ and ‘I’ll be happy to ’ means ‘you hate me ’. You’ll get to know her secrets of how she ALWAYS disliked most of the things, places and people you spent most of your life with ……………… sometimes .

You may want to take up a hobby, ……………. like armature meteorology, and learn how quickly conditions can change. You could always take a little time off and go on an easier journey ………………… like Eddy Hillary’s climb or retracing Mao’s ‘Long March’. Just don’t worry about it. It will be over and forgotten in…………….. maybe a decade?

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