After 22 years of marriage，I have discovered the secret to keeplove alive in my relationship with my wife，Peggy.Istarted dating another woman.
Oneday Peggy said to me，"Lifeis too1 ， andyou need to spend time with the people you love.You probably won't believe me，but I know you love her and I thinkthat if you spend more time with her，itwill make us2."
The"other" woman my wife was encouraging me to3is my mother，a 72yearold widow who has livedalone since my father420 years ago.Right after his death，I52,500 miles away to Californiaand started my own life and career.When I moved back near my hometown six yearsago，Ipromised myself that I would spend more time with my mom.But with the6of myjob and three kids，Inever got around to seeing her much7family gettogethers and holidays.
Momwas8and suspicious when I called and suggested the two of us go out todinner and a movie.
Wedidn't go anywhere9 ， justa neighboring place where we could talk.10her eyes now see only largeshapes and shadows，Ihad to read the menu for her.
"Iused to be the11when you were little，"she said.
"Thenit is time for you to relax and let me12the favor，" I said.
Wehad a nice talk13dinner，justcatching up on each other's lives.We talked for so long that we14the movie.
"15wasyour date？mywife asked when I got home that evening."
"Nice...nicerthan I thought it would be，"I said.
Momand I get out for16a couple of times a month.Sometimes we take in a movie，but17we talk.Through the talks，I know what it was like for her towork in a factory during the Second World War.I know how she met my fatherthere，andknow how they18the difficult times.I can't get enough of these stories.Theyare19to me，apart of my history.
Peggywas right.Dating another woman has20my marriage.
