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What I Want for My Wife.
"My marriage will not be like my parents' marriage . . ."
These words were spoken openly by Dick Chamberlain, and he meant what he said. He wasn't complaining. He doesn't find anything wrong with the way his mother and father led their lives — for them.
But it's not for him.
Dick was leveling on a subject near and dear to his heart, for he is now closer than ever to marriage. He admitted that.
And the lucky girl is Clara Ray, who has been Dick's best girl for more than two years.
I asked Dick how close to marriage he really was.
"I don't want to answer that question just yet," Dick said. "I'll answer it before you go, but first I want to give you some of my thoughts about marriage. That's what you asked me in the first place, isn't it?"
Dick was right. I had seen him making friends with a little boy in the park — and this had set us both thinking. There must have been something about that child which reminded Dick of
his past — and his future. Something that set Dick to talking more frankly than ever before.
"To begin with," he said, "any person who thinks of getting married must be able to analyze himself honestly and ask: 'Am I ready for it?'
"You've got to have a little stable spot within yourself which is always there, always to be counted on. Just as you can count on it when you pound your fist on a coffee table. It's solid wood. It's there. It's real."
Dick paused. This was important to him. "Am I getting through to you?" he asked in a half-puzzled tone.
"I'm with you," I assured him.
"Okay," Dick continued with relief. "Let me say that marriage is a responsibility. That's not a new thought, but it doesn't hurt to remember it. Too many husbands and wives don't realize their obligations — they don't realize them before they've taken the step, and they don't realize (Continued on page 85)
What I Want for My Son.
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