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SIXTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAH. TRIBUXE
The Family Council
Editor's nota: Tha ramll Council consists af a Jadfe. ft BSTehiatrlst,
tnree clergymen. newspaper editor m Komrn'i editor and two writers Each
article ts a summary of an actual report. The Family CennciJ doei not five
advice; It mere! reports on problems Uiat have been dealt with by
responsible agencies and counselors.
Jennifer H. He lied about
everything.
Jack H We could be happy
il it weren't for her parents and
mine.
.
Jennifer H. My husband and
I were married 13 years aao in
Europe. He and other soldiers
were quartered in the house my
father owned. We fell in love
and my parents approved our
marriage, but they wanted us
to live with them.
Jack told my parents that his
parents owned a store in the
States and they needed him to
help take care of it. He said I
would have the best of every
thing, so my parents finally con
sented to my leaving.
Well, I soon discovered noth
ing was the way he said. His
parents didn't own the store, but
only rented it. We had to move
in with his parents and they
made me work for them in the
store and house. I would have
gone right home, but a baby was
on the way. Jack kept saying
things would get better, but they
never did. We have three chil
dren and my parents keep writ
ing me to come home. We quar
rel constantly and are very un
happy, so I want to leave him.
Jack H. I never really said
my parents owned the store. I
just said they needed my help
in it. The store is really owned
by an aged uncle who can't op
erate it himself. We will get it
when he dies, so even if I did
say what Jennifer claims I said,
it wasn't such a very big lie.
Sunday Augtiit 25, 19S7 cent victims of their wretched
entanglement the three chil
dren. "He said I would have the best
of everything," declares Jenni
fer, believing this justifies her
lack of active effort to create a
happy home. Perhaps it has not
occurred to her Jack may also
have expected to have the best
of everything, with her for a
wife. From both accounts, she
appears to have disappointed
him brutally.
Jennifer was probably a very
young 17, filled with completely
unrealistic dreams, when she
married. She obviously has not
matured from that point if she
still looks towards her parents
as the source of all happiness.'
She should consider that, al
though they may be able to pro
vide her with a few more ma
terial things, they can hardly
fulfill her need for a husband, a
home and a father for her children.
Compared with what Jenny
had in Europe when I was there,
she has gotten the best of every
thing. Her parents have been
successful since the end of the
war, but that's not my fault.
They could send something along
for the kids if they're such big
shots.
Sometimes I think Jenny and
I could be happy if it were not
for her parents and mine. It
seems mine always say the
wrong thing to her. Whenever
she gets a letter from home, she
cries for days. She was only 17
when she left and I guess she
misses her parents a lot. She
feels my parents don't like her,
which in a way is true. They
feel she has always high-hatted
them.
Tha Council Jennifer and
Jack have buried themselves
deep under a pile of petty griev
ances and miseries and show
little desire to make an active
effort to dig themselves out.
They appear to have no sense of
responsibility toward the inno-
On the other hand, Jack
should realize his wife wouldn't
be human if she didn't suffer
from homesickness for her par
ents. If he cannot promise her a
visit home some time In the near
future, he should try to get his
parents to show her a little more
sympathy and affection. Jenny
would probably melt toward
them if she received this kind
of attention.
Most important of all, Jenny
and Jack should drop the petty
recriminations that so seriously
undermine their relationship.
They should wipe the slate clean,
and try to start anew like newly
weds. (Copyright 1957, General
Features Corp.)
RECORD BREAKS RECORD
Paterson, N.J. iW Francisco
Gerema, .19, of Passaic, N.J.,
was arraigned Saturday on one
of the longest and most detail
ed traffic . complaints .in the
history of the police department.
Officer Robert King charged
Gerema with speeding on the
wrong side of the street, having
no driver's license, passing a red
light, ignoring a stop sign, and
failing to obey an. officer's sig
nal, violating the inspection law
and obstructed vision.
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