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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, this makes me sad for your wife.

As we become adults, it can be hard to keep hold of a sense of fun and whimsy that doesn’t have an explicit measurable goal. And when we lose that, we lose a lot of the joy that life can offer, regardless of whether or not we’re successful in objective terms.

I see that loss reflected in your comments — you wish she’d go to the gym NOT because she’d enjoy it or it would improve her mood, but because it might help her lose twenty pounds.

Meanwhile she’s getting joy out of playing with glitter and paper. Nothing will come of it, she won’t make millions as an artist. So what? She’s having a grand time for less than your personal trainer costs you, while you’re fuming about the mess and expense (which you can clearly afford; otherwise you would’ve replied to the many people who asked you if her crafting was seriously cramping your household budget).

Between you and your wife, I know who I’d choose to be: the person with a talent for happiness, cheap glitter and all.[/quote]
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