"He always tells the children the story of how I went after him by sitting by the mailbox every day, and naturally I laugh and let him, because I like for people to think what pleases them and makes them happy."
This blog is more of a reaction/literary term blog. It again focuses on the short story, "How I Met My Husband." I find it ironic that Edie met her husband while waiting on a letter from another man whom she thought she loved. I think this is ironic because if she had not been heartbroken from not receiving a letter from Chris, she would have never met the man she is now married too. I also find the last line (typed above) particularly ironic because Carmichael thinks that she was waiting at the mailbox everyday to see him and smile at him, when, in reality, she was waiting to hear from another man. The last part about pleasing people is especially ironic because that is potentially the same thing Chris was thinking when he told her that he would write to her. He knew he wasn't going to write, but he wanted to make her happy. I also find it entertaining that Carmichael asked Edie out so quickly when she had been waiting for Chris for so long. There are definately clear differences between Edie's relationship with Chris and her relationship with Carmichael. I think that Edie fits better with Carmichael even though even meeting him was only an accident.
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