Wanting Something and Then Not Wanting It
When I was in high school I had a teacher, Mrs. M., whom I had for Advanced Placement World Literature. In class one day, I remember the conversation going towards how often people want something so badly, and then realize later on that they don't want these things after all. I don't remember which book we were reading, or how the conversation turned that way. Mrs. M. said that she had a friend who wanted a baby very badly. She was married and never had any children. She was completely obsessed with having a baby. Her longing was so severe that she could not even walk past the infants section at a department store without bawling her eyes out. Her husband finally had enough of her emotional distress and divorced her over it. Eventually, the woman met another man and they began dating and later got married. Then, finally, she got pregnant. She was elated. Then Mrs. M. did not see the woman again until the child was turning two years old. (This makes me think that th