Perspective: The man who got me down the aisle wasn’t my dad — it was my therapist
Bride Standing Arm In Arm With Father. By Mary Kate Miller April 5 at 7:00 AM When my husband and I were planning our wedding, I joked that if the bride was supposed to be walked down the aisle by the man responsible for getting her there, my therapist should be the one for the task. I was half-joking. I would not hurt my dad’s feelings by outsourcing that role. But
Around the same time, I started dating with a purpose. Each Monday morning, I would report back, tell John the mistakes I had made and rejoice in my successes. He often had to let me know I had swapped the two. I picked men who were unavailable. He did not know why I did not bolt out the door right away.
I knew Steve smoked when I met him. I told him I had been a smoker, quit and then relapsed while dating a smoker. Quitting the second time was the hardest thing I had ever done; I could not do it again. So smokers were off-limits for me. On Halloween, I found out Steve still enjoyed the occasional cigarette. The night was ruined. The following Monday morning I dragged myself into John’s office. I did not know what to do.
Commitment issues. Moving in together. Arguments over my messy pile of clothes next to the bed. Steve’s insistence on having the better feng shui desk setup . Over and over, I would come in to John’s office, panicked. And John would say the therapist version of: Girl, slow your roll. It’s fine.
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