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Everyone seems to be going on and on about the separate spheres, making your Venn diagram and all that, but the point is the LW apparently is having trouble with what may be a new category of activities for her: Things I keep secret from my husband. That category is totally different from this one: Things my husband doesn't share my interest in. She seems to be worried about the line between secrecy and lying, which we should all recognize is dangerous ground for a relationship. Maybe her husband is a jerk. Maybe she needs assertiveness training. Maybe there's a big problem here. On the other hand, maybe she just needs to sit down with him and watch "Fried Green Tomatoes" and wait for the scene with the hand mirrors. Then the home-renovation scene. Don't know what I'm talking about? Fanny Flagg already covered all this, better than we ever will. And I don't say that just cause I'm from Alabama.
