"So I said yes, and I went out with him for two years and he asked me to marry him, and we were engaged a year more while I got my things together, and then we did marry."
I find the above quote to be very ironic. The title of the story is "How I Met My Husband," however that quote is about the extent she goes describing her time with her husband. The entire story is actually about her experience with another man. That in itself is also ironic. She ended up meeting her husband, who despite her lack of details, I'm sure she loves very much, by waiting for a letter from another guy that she was infatuated with. Not exactly the best love story I've heard of, but definitely interesting. One of the questions in the book asks "if you can detect the voice of an older, wiser Edie." I think this is definitely a "yes." I could tell she has learned a lot from her experience. There are several examples of this in the text, but one of them is, "Women should stick together and not do things like that. I see that now, but didn't then." She was not traumatized by this experience, but it definitely is a clear and memorable moment.
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