From Husband To Housewife

by Ruth

For more than three years, I have been a housewife. My Bis- ter, once my wife, agrees that the story of my change from Husband to Housewife should now be told, but for obvious reasons, the names of all who appear in this account have been changed to pre- serve the privacy of those concerned.

About five years ago, I married my employer, the owner and active manager of a large and prosperous department store in which I had been employed in the accounting department. She had inher- ited the business and much other valuable property from her uncle, the founder of the business, when she was only twenty-two years of age, and during the six years before our marriage, had built it into one of the largest and most profitable businesses of its kind in our state, and the value of all of the other property which she had inherited had increased rapidly, so that when we were marr- ied she was already a very wealthy woman. My position in the acc- ounting department of the store necessarily brought us together a great deal, and being single and only one year her senior, we spent much time both during and after business hours together, so that when we were married after six years of close and happy friendship, no one was greatly surprised.

At the time of our marriage, I was 29 years of age, approx- imately five feet six inches in height, and weighed about 145 pou- nds, with light brown hair and a light complexion. My name was Lewis, but I had been called 'Lew' for so long that scarcely ever was I called anything else. My wife was a little over a year younger, about an inch and a half shorter, and weighed between 125 and 130 pounds, with a 'peaches and cream' complexion, and a lovely figure. Her name was Marian, but she was better known, especially to her close friends as 'Mary'. Since our marriage, I have lost about five pounds, and of course, my appearance has changed greatly for the reasons soon to be told, but my wife, now my sister 'Mary' has changed little except to grow more lovely.

Our honeymoon lasted for a month, and included a visit to

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