Dear Abby

Jerry Coulter · Sep 30, 2018

In today's column, a Wisconsin housewife complains about her husband's dedication to his tractor collection and other work leaving her lonely for his companionship. For shame!!

rustyfarmall · Sep 30, 2018

And what would Abby's answer be? I would suggest that the lonely housewife should just join her husband out in the shop.

David G · Sep 30, 2018

dhermesc · Sep 30, 2018

She joins him in his shop he'll start hanging out at his buddy's shop.

Zachary Hoyt · Sep 30, 2018

I think that Abby has been late for several years now. Here's a link to John Prine's song called Dear Abby:
Dear Abby

Dave H (MI) · Sep 30, 2018

I don't honestly know if I could complete a task in my shop without my wife...she
has always been there. Holding something in place, fetching tools, running for
parts...even when I was teenager working on my first car.

Richard G. · Sep 30, 2018

My wife is in the shop or in her sewing room on the back of the shop almost every evening. It would be lonely without her.
Richard in NW SC

Gary Mitchell · Sep 30, 2018

My first one started hanging out at the local joint with me. I eventually stopped that and she seemed to prefer their company to mine, which I well understood from MY original reason for hanging out there. I imagine we both say good riddance. gm ;-)

Ultradog MN · Sep 30, 2018

I've always liked that song.
I had John Prine in my taxi cab one time.
Took him from downtown Minneapolis to the airport. He was just an ordinary guy.
He gave me a good tip and the cassett that song was on.

Straw Boss · Sep 30, 2018

They say a woman's work is never done. If she was busy working, she wouldn't have the time to be lonely.
I wonder if all her dishes are done, floors scrubbed, laundry folded, windows washed, meals prepared, ......????
I won't even ask if the lambs are watered, chickens fed, eggs gathered, hogs slopped, cows milked, garden weeded,....?????

Goose · Sep 30, 2018

As much as I love my wife, and admit she's been an amazing partner for 53 years, she'd drive me nuts if she started hanging out in my shop with me.

Smalltowner · Sep 30, 2018

Amen to that Goose.

fixerupper · Sep 30, 2018

I will add a second amen to that. She gets a little bossy sometimes.

rrlund · Sep 30, 2018

Could be worse I guess. She could be writing complaint letters to Pent House Forum.

bass · Sep 30, 2018

no matter what peace a rust i was working on, da boss was always with me.
i just wish she still could. she passed away in march

bass

Traditional Farmer · Sep 30, 2018

My first wife was like that told me the tractors or her,the tractors are still here and she's been gone a long time. She wanted to come back but told her it'd hurt the tractor's feelings and the dog didn't like her much either.

paul · Sep 30, 2018

Sorry for your loss, Bass. That has to be so difficult a loss.

These threads can get a little squirrelly humorous, but have to face the realities of life as well.

Paul

2underage · Sep 30, 2018

You just described my wife. She wants to be with me as much as possible and through the years[ 61 plus] and some of them difficult, she is always there to give me a hand or encouragement. We picked apples today and while I am here playing with my puter she is making apple sauces and planning my supper. Lucky is the man with a good wife!

cuby · Sep 30, 2018

Don't know why the first wife left ,she just decided not to come home with me. Been 50 yrs now with the second wife. The first one done me a favor.

DCM · Sep 30, 2018

as long as she doesn't hang out in your buddies shop...

Dave H (MI) · Sep 30, 2018

Does my heart good every time I hear a story like yours and mine. Wish it were always like that.

MarkB_MI · Sep 30, 2018

[i:654c4848f0]DEAR ABBY: I have been married to a wonderful man for 17 years. The drawback is he's a workaholic. We have not spent even one day together doing something fun in more than 10 years.

We both work full-time and live on a small farm. My husband is a carpenter. He collects tractors and works hay fields all summer long. Because he comes in late each evening, I often eat dinner alone. On weekends, he's working on his tractors or cutting and baling hay.

I do see him a bit more during the winter months, but he thinks it's a waste of time and money to go somewhere nice for dinner or take a weekend getaway. When I do travel, it is with my siblings because my husband prefers to stay home and work.

I love him, but I'm beginning to feel like I am not his top priority. I am lonely for his companionship. I just don't know how to handle this. He's pretty set in his ways. Help. -- WITHERING IN WISCONSIN[/i:654c4848f0]

My thoughts (NOT Abby's): Sounds like a self-centered jerk to me. Note that he can't bring himself to even take his wife someplace over the weekend. How does that Tammy Wynette song go? I'm not talking about "Stand by Your Man".

Tom in Ga · Sep 30, 2018

My wife works with me on everything I do now. A lot of things she figures out for me. Even when I am driving, she helps me watch traffic and turns and especially at night, she does the driving. We have depended on each other for over 51 years now. I told her if she decided to leave, I would pack a bag and go with her. A good wife is better than money in the bank.

Torwood · Sep 30, 2018

Man I?m glad it said 17 years married. I live in WI and married only 9, but I?m guessing my wife has been thinking on these same lines the last month (or last 14 years for that matter) Went straight from hay to corn silage, throw in staying with my mom for a week after she had surgery and all the other things in life and it sounds pretty similar. Winter is coming, so there will plenty of time for date night.

JimIA · Oct 2, 2018

I was wondering if someone would put a link to the John Prine song! Love John Prine's song writing.

As for the discussion, my wife gets a little upset with me when I want to go to a tractor show, but in her defense we have two little ones. Im waiting for the day I can take them along and put them to work!

Jim

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