“Apple of My Eye” As our lives march onward and time accumulates relationships like a child’s toy box collects forgotten companions, it can be emotionally trying to know that your spouse has been in love prior to your relationship but it’s not necessary to be their first romance to be happy within your relationship. Once the initial intoxication of lust wares off the idea that your relationship requires maintenance comes to your conscience. …showed first 75 words of 519 total…

…showed last 75 words of 519 total…is able to tell by surveying the room and all its occupants that she is the one that is in the envied position. The place coveted by this visitor, she is the love of her husbands’ life. (Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette pp 197.) Colette, Sidonie-Gabrielle. “The Other Wife.” Reading and Writing from Literature. 2nd Edition. John E. Schwienbert. Boston: Houghton, 2001. 197-199 Hardy, Thomas. “At Tea.” Reading and Writing from Literature. 2nd Edition. John E. Schwienbert. Boston: Houghton, 2001. 233-233