There are plenty of things that a lawyer-husband is not good for. Basic social interactions become some what strained under his "risk averse" nature. So then strange things start to occur. Things like worrying if you'll ever sue your neighbor or scaring landlords out of renting an apartment to you by rewriting the contract ("Really, we're doing him a favor," he said.) Also, it is just kind of annoying when he asks if you are going to use one space or two after all the periods in the Christmas letter. ("You should be consistent.") Because that's why people read letters. To check the spacing after the periods.
Anyhow, this past week I was acutely aware of the value of a lawyer-husband: free legal work.
In my sabbatical from being a professional Catholic (i.e., my new job), I've been doing lots of novel new things, like seeing what it's like to work with people my own age, being able to make jokes without offending old ladies, and firing people. Firing someone is indeed every bit as awful as I always thought it would be (even if that person is our office "cleaning" service, which didn't). I dreaded it, I passed the buck, I avoided, gave second chances, I tried almost everything to not do it. And then, finally, I did it. And just as I began to think, "This wasn't so bad," I was threatened with a lawsuit in small-claims court.
AWESOME.
"Don't worry," said my husband, "It will be a great experience for you!" He almost made it sound fun. And then he sat down and wrote a very complicated legalese document that would help me out, and hopefully encourage the fired from pursuing the case. (Fingers crossed.) So, whereas I would probably have had to pay $500 to buy this letter, I merely had to go home and help him pack for our trip to Hawaii. So that's what a lawyer husband is good for.
Actually, I would make a mental note of any period inconsistencies.
Posted by: Dale | February 10, 2009 at 06:45 PM