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1、你的新娘不是我 ImetDan,myfuturehusband,incollegewhenIwas20.Butwenevermarried.Infact,wewereneverengaged.Notevenclose.Isayhewasmyfuturehusbandonlybecausehewasthatimportanttome. Weweretogetherforfiveyears,datingoffandon,andtheentiretimeIwassurewewouldonedaymarry,havevision-1)
2、impairedchildrenandeventuallystophurtingeachother.Duringthoseyearswedidn’tlivewith,orevenremotelynear,eachother;yetwithFacebook,Gmail,GoogleChatandsmartphones,wewereabletotalkineverypossiblewayoneverydevice,atahighcostfinanciallyandemotionally,fromany2)localeintheworl
3、d,atanytime,ontheoccasionofanyemotional3)outburstordrunken4)whim. WelivedontheInternet,ourownlittleplanetof“us”-nessseparatedby5)LCDscreens.Wespentsuperhumanamountsoftimetalkingonline,withhiminhisbedroominonestateandmeinmyofficeinanother.Whenourrelationshipwas“on,”we
4、wouldtalk,onaverage,severalhoursaday,fivedaysaweek.AndIwouldthinkabouthimeverysecond—eventhespacesbetweenseconds.Online,wecouldsayanything.Wehadrealconversationsaboutpretendfutures.Iwouldsay,“Youknow,ifIlearnedtocookandhavekids,wecouldbeareallyperfectcouple,”towhichhe
5、wouldrespond,withoutmissingabeat,“Andthen,onweekends,Icouldgooutandgetthepaperinmybathrobe,andwecouldlookattheheadlinesanddisinterestedlycomplainabouttheworld.” “Iwouldliketoownapiano,”Isaid.“Uprightorgrand?”heasked.“Grand.Idon’tknow.Upright.Ialsowantalibrary.I’vebee
6、nadmiringbookshelvesaroundthecity.Ican’twaitto6)alphabetizeourbooksbyauthor.”“Canwehaveonewitha7)rollyladder?”hewantedtoknow.“Ohplease,please,please!”I’dbeg.“Andweneedcomfortablechairsand8)loveseats,forreadingtothekids—becauseourkidswillbeextraordinarilywell-read.” O
7、urkids.Ourkidswouldhavevocabularywordsprintedon9)indexcards.Andthenhesaidthatmaybeatourweddingwecouldhaveoneofthose10)partitionsusedby-5-用心爱心专心11)OrthodoxJewsthatseparatemenfromwomen:“Let’shavea12)mechitzahatourwedding.”Ourwedding.Ourupright(orgrand)piano.Ourkids.Ifon
8、lytypingitmadeittrue.Ourswasaloveaffairthatknewitsfinesthoursonascreen.DanandIcouldplanthenext50yearsinatwohouronlineconvers