A man in his 50s wrote to "Aunt Agony" in the Filipino press. He confessed he cheated on his wife and ever since, his wife is not able to come to terms with the betrayal though she has forgiven him. His wife told him pointblank that even just the newspapers remind her of the painful betrayal.
There was once he was sick and his wife took care of him, but he lamented there is no love. He felt his wife is just going through the motions by being a good Christian. He said he is hurt and asked the counsellor for some suggestions how to help his wife move on.
I had a good laugh when the counsellor said, "What was it that Mahatma Gandhi said about guilt-"…that the human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience…?" And you're asking how you can help your wife forget your betrayal of her? You mean-besides you dying?
"You have some gall to expect warmth when she could have stuck a knife in your heart when you cheated on her! She could probably have even gone scot-free citing that legal loophole called "crime of passion!" Shouldn't you instead be thanking the heavens for her valuable "good Christian" virtue?"
Her parting words to him was, "Be man enough to suffer a while! You've been the creep-and that takes a lifetime to forget."
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