HUSBANDS: Do You Need One?

1919 Unknown Suffragette in Wales Conflabbians! Bewitching Hellions! Divine Fizzgigs! Let us now praise the men we should have married…. ….the men we did marry but shouldn’t have, the men we could have married but decided not to, the men we wanted to marry but they ran off and married someone else, the men we thought about marrying, but we were already married, the men we asked to marry us but they say no, and the men we were definitely going to marry if we could just arrange to meet them! So here goes: * Do you need a husband? * How many husbands have you loved? * How many husbands have you gotten rid of? * How many husbands did you want back? * What is the trait you MOST love in a husband? Brilliance? Forgiveness? Humor? Affection? Optimism? Sexual prowess? Stupidity? Honesty? Beauty? Kindness? Wealth? The ability to wash a dish while looking hot in tennis shorts? What? What? What? * Is your life more fun with a husband? Or without? Would it be even more festive with two husbands? How about three husbands? (And, yes, yes, Reader! I keep saying “husband.” Old school. We will do another column about wives….you can bet on it!) * Is the whole idea of husband archaic? The Ask E. Jean Substack likes husbands, it just doesn’t want one at this time—though it does LOVE subscribers, darling! In the Mood to Screeeech About Husbands? Tonight! Wednesday! 7pm! ET! Live! The Ask E. Jean Show! Heather Havrilesky is the adored—the doted on, the darling, the goddamn revered—advice columnist Ask Polly, which y’all read for years in New York magazine and now you read on Substack, though she is also the advice columnist Ask Molly, which you also read on Substack, because, as we all know, ONE frickin’ advice column is not nearly enough for Miss Heather who possesses the heart of nuclear reactor and the soul of six-winged Seraph. Her latest book, FOREVERLAND: On the Divine Tedium of Marriage—caused quite an uproar (yes, I linked EACH of those words individually! How could I not? Heather starts one of her articles with the words: “Do I hate my husband? Oh for sure, yes, definitely.”) This means tonight (Wednesday) at 7pm ET Live, you can call in and jaw with one of the WORLD’S EXPERTS ON HUSBANDS! P.S. Don’t be surprised if one of the husbands we talk about tonight is . . . See You Tonight! Send questions, darling! to [email protected], or write to me confidentially here, or leave a voicemail question at 845-682-0881. Thanks! In case you’re reading this on the Substack app and wondering how the hell to subscribe, please click here. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ejeancarroll.substack.com/subscribe