A husband and wife came for counseling after 20 years of marriage. When asked what the problem was, the wife went into a passionate, painful tirade listing every problem they had ever had in the 20 years they had been married.
She went on and on and on: neglect, lack of intimacy, emptiness, loneliness, feeling unloved and unlovable, an entire laundry list of unmet needs she had endured over the course of their marriage.
Finally, after allowing this to go on for a sufficient length of time, the therapist got up, walked around the desk and, after asking the wife to stand, embraced and kissed her passionately as her husband watched with a raised eyebrow. The woman shut up and quietly sat down as though in a daze.
The therapist turned to the husband and said, "This is what your wife needs at least three times a week. Can you do this?"
The husband thought for a moment and replied, "Well, I can drop her off here on Mondays and Wednesdays, but on Fridays, I fish."
译文:
婚姻咨询
一对夫妇在结婚二十年后前来做婚姻咨询。当被问及他们的问题是什么之后，妻子情绪激动，表情十分痛苦，像长篇大论一般把她婚后二十年来的问题一一列举了出来。
她一刻不停的抱怨，包括丈夫忽略她，夫妻之间缺乏亲密感，空虚，寂寞，没有被爱的感觉等等，总之这二十年来所有未满足她需求的大事，琐事。
听了妻子足够长的诉苦之后，咨询师终于站起来了，绕着桌子走了一圈， 然后要求那位妻子站起来，拥抱了她并且深情的亲吻了她。此时，她的丈夫看得连眉毛都竖起来了。妻子一时说不出话来，安静的坐了下来，一脸的茫然。
然后咨询师转向她的丈夫，说道，“这就是你妻子想要的，一周至少三次，你做得到吗？”
她丈夫想了一下，回答道，“我礼拜一和礼拜三能送她到这里来，但是，礼拜五好像不行，我要去钓鱼。”