{"id":634,"date":"2007-11-14T10:15:28","date_gmt":"2007-11-14T10:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\/2007\/11\/40-ways-arent-always-enough.html"},"modified":"2007-11-14T10:15:28","modified_gmt":"2007-11-14T10:15:28","slug":"40-ways-arent-always-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondblue\/2007\/11\/40-ways-arent-always-enough.html","title":{"rendered":"40 Ways Aren’t Always Enough"},"content":{"rendered":"

I apologize to all Beyond Blue readers who took offense to my post, “40 Ways to Keep Your Lover<\/a>.” I should have provided a qualifier that I was merely having fun with Paul Simon\u2019s idea of linking directives to a list of female names. Some of them are important \u2013 laughing and praying\u2014but I was sort of kidding about the casserole and all-day NFL.
\nComing up next week, per the suggestion of our friend Larry Parker<\/a>, I\u2019ll be talking about divorce and depression: when, despite trying all sorts of things, a couple splits. And it is for the good.
\nAnd to reader Nillawafer, I am sincerely sorry for the loss of your husband. I will keep you in my prayers. I certainly was not trying to make depressed widows more depressed. On the contrary, I was trying to get the depressive to “break her face” (as I said in my Date Night video blog<\/a>), to laugh, as I made light of a gospel reading that I truly didn\u2019t understand. I realize that my attempts at wit can often offend, but unlike other aspects of Beyond Blue–interviews, videos, and blog topics that I\u2019m able to revise according to reader input–my humor is staying as it is. Because it is a such an effective depression buster for me, and it\u2019s a defense mechanism that has almost no side effects (sore stomach, that\u2019s all). However, there are many reputable and resourceful blogs\u2014I subscribe to a dozen myself–that don\u2019t use humor, and therefore might not be at as risky to read if my attempts at comedy bring you down. I can guide you to those if you\u2019d like.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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