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Friday, May 8, 2009 12:00 AM

The contemplative life calls, but I'm married

How does a spouse pursue a spiritual quest?
By Cary Tennis

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  • Saturday, May 9, 2009 09:33 AM

    he?

    Huh? Am I missing something? Everyone seems to assume the LW is male (and some have even suggested that "he" wants to "check out of his responsibilities"--isn't that just like a man?). Y'know, there are women contemplatives in many different religions.

    Jeez, remind me never to send an exploratory kind of question in to a Salon advice columnist, because all the personal anxieties that commenters project onto the most innocuous-sounding life choices of others (i.e., whether or not to get an air conditioner) will make it too loud in here to think.

    It's enough to make one want to withdraw into a contemplative life.

    —Marianna Trench Read Marianna Trench's other letters

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