Dear Whys Guy: "How Can We Stay Connected When He Travels?"
By Aaron Traister, REDBOOK
DEAR WHYS GUY:
My husband travels a lot for work, and he is not a phone person. (Forget Skype.) How can we stay connected when he's gone for days at a time and just doesn't communicate well via phone?
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DEAR REDBOOK READER:
Write him a love letter and secretly pack it in his suitcase so that he will carry your words and feelings with him wherever he may roam.
What?
I'm allowed to give thoughtful sensitive advice every now and then? I think it's a sweet idea and it will make him feel appreciated. Stop looking at me like that.
Fine, FINE.
I know what you people want me to say: "Why don't you take a few cheesecake pictures of yourself and stuff them in his gym bag next to his deodorant, that will get him sweating before he even starts to work out, and I bet you'll get a phone call as soon as he's done."
Happy? Jeez, romance really is dead.
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