Whose Faulty Vision

Fans of Broadway will remember a song from “Camelot” called “How to Handle a Woman.” In it, King Arthur is trying to figure out the right way to handle a woman, and he runs through a multitude of possibilities: flatter her? cajole her? and so on, until he comes to the conclusion that the way to handle a woman is to “love her, simply love her, merely love her.”

Unfortunately, it turns out that’s a load of crap. I loved Christmas. I loved her with all of my heart. I made sure she knew it. I tried my hardest to make her feel loved whenever we were together.

And even so, she gave up on me and gave up on our relationship.

So I don’t know how to handle a woman, but I do know that “simply love her” isn’t enough.