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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1983-06-01, Page 28Page 8—Crossroads—June 1, 1983 For years, I've heard the term, "Mental Cruelty". Other than knowing it was legitimate grounds for di- vorce, I had no idea what it meant. Until recently. Mental cruelty is when your hus- band involves you in a con- versation in which he cannot remember the name of the person, place or thing. When he is sure you are straining every brain cell and reflex in your entire body, he will say, "Oh, well, forget it; it's not important," and change the subject. Without a doubt it is the most hideous form of mental agony ever foisted on an- other human being. What does he mean, "For- get it"? To forget it is to ad- mit that you're as flako as he is. It then becomes a desper- ate race to come up with the name that no one can re- member. It's a genetic thing with my husband. His mother had it too. She'd sit there with me watching a late movie on television and as a" waiter hovered in the shadows at the edge of the screen, she'd say, "What's his name? Oh, you know. He never really became a big star, but he's always the villain. Oh, well, never mind_" That was it for me. The movie stdpped right there while I tormented myself trying to remember that man's name. First I tried go- ing through the alphabet and pausing at every letter to see if a name popped out of my subconscious. Then I made a -few-inquiries on -Il a lhene. As my mother-in-law got up and walked toward the door, -._I -.demanded, '"Where- else ,ort-�: Miens yet'regolaigr' "Home," she said. "It's late." "And leave me with a man with no name? You've got to be kidding." At 1 a.m. she called. My eyes were the size of garbage can lids and had been staring at the ceiling for three hours. "It's Lyle Talbot," she said. "Good night, dear." Sometimes there is no happy ending. We were all sitting around the other Sun- day when my husband said, "What was the name of that restaurant back in Dayton that we used to go to all the time?" We all tried. No one could think of it. "It begins with an R," he said, "I know that much." Dinner got cold. The dishes were cleared away and we all sat there, lost in our own thoughts, unable to make any conversation. We must have gone through a hundred names. Finally, I rummaged through some old drawers and found a Dayton phone book. "I've got it!" I shouted. `"It's Cachiatorri's. Now that you've ruined our entire evening, what about it?" "'Nothing," he said. "They closed." I say divorce is too good for him! GOLDEN AGE TRAVEL CLUB • Ontario s Largest Travel specialist for the over Sar' ALASKA and the Yukon Uttheafaf re valuer Edmonion Klondike Daysm Alaska Hwy , the Yukon, Alaska and Vancouver. 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