With me, nothing goes right. My psychiatrist said my wife and I should have sex every night. Now, we'll never see each other!
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About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Jacob Cohen uses wordplay to twist a psychiatrist's advice about intimacy into a joke about avoiding his wife altogether.
- In plain terms
- He jokes that sex would stop him from seeing his wife at all.
- What can you take from it?
- Humor can mask avoidance in relationships.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What might this joke hide about the marriage?
- How do we avoid hard conversations?
Another view
Professional advice is not always about avoidance.
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