Q: Husband's inappropriate jokes: My husband came home early one afternoon, and my boyfriend went out of the window through the balcony to try to make an exit. He ended up falling and was hospitalised. My boyfriend also has a wife, and I have noidea what his medical progress is ... the story made local news - about a naked man falling out of the apartment and injuring himself. My husband, who thinks it happened from a neighbour's apartment, keeps making vile jokes about the incident ... I don't want to make a huge deal out of this, but it hurts a lot, not to mention that I can't believe my husband makes light of another man's serious accident. What's a subtle way to get him to stop?
A: You think your problem is your husband's off-colour jokes? Subtlety is not the answer to your current problems ... come clean and take responsibility, although I realise that's unlikely ... I'm not especially sympathetic to your angst when your boyfriend was hospitalised in an attempt to cover up your affair. If the worst thing you have to suffer over the next few weeks are some uncomfortably close-to-home remarks, count yourself lucky. At least you're not the one in traction. If your hope is simply to keep your head down and go back to life as it once was after your boyfriend nearly died to keep your secret, I think you are seeking a return to the status quo at the expense of honesty, commitment, and courage. (Via Dear Prudence on Slate.com)
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