Quality time does not mean we must spend our moments gazing into each other’s eyes. It may mean doing something together that we both enjoy. The particular activity is secondary, only a means to creating the sense of togetherness. The important thing is not the activity itself but the emotions that are created between both.
I first (secretly) read this book nearly a dozen years ago after I had found it in a used bookstore and assumed it was obscure. I read it in private mainly because it didn’t seem “manly” enough. Then a few years ago my friend, who was going through a rough marital patch, asked if I’d read it. Amazed, I dug it out of my book-cluttered closet and shared. You never know when an old book, an old friend, or a old secret “un-manly” literary curiosity might come in handy. Now I wonder why I ever bothered keeping my secret-read a secret at all. Share the wealth. 🙂