What Does the Wife Think?
When I tell friends and family that I'm becoming Catholic, one of the first questions I get is:"How does your wife feel about all this?"
I should probably answer, "why do you ask?", because I really am curious. Maybe it's because they know she knows me well and that her opinion will be more balanced than mine. Maybe some want to know how convincing the whole Catholic thing really is; if the conversion is having a ripple effect then they should wake up and take notice, and not dismiss me as a weirdo doin' his individualistic thang.
Maybe they just want some context for my drastic decision. Maybe they're stalling so they don't have to bring up Mary Worship™. Maybe they want to hear some juicy intra-marital religious conflict, replete with local Kansas Citene Councils and dueling, mutual anathemas being hurled from the opposing faith traditions contained in one apartment.
Or maybe they just genuinely care about me and my family and think I should too.







