How to Be Anything—Anything, But A Controlling Wife

Aggressively helpful.

That’s how she described herself.

I stared at her for a minute when I first heard her say it. Somewhat incredulous that there was a “term” for this kind of thing.

Neither of us spoke as I tried to decide if she was joking or serious.

This is from our daughter who – among many things – is highly competent. She instinctively knows where things go and what to do next. She’s naturally very efficient and makes sure things are done right as they should be.

Aggressively helpful is how she put it.

I’d not heard it expressed like that before, but it sure made sense to me. Even as we both laughed over it.

One of those funny-but-some-truth-there laughs.

Obviously, helpfulness is a wonderful quality. I mean what could be better than a woman who understands what needs to be done and how to do it?

It could be considered as a gift.

But as fascinating as this revelation was, it’s what my still-quite-single daughter said next that really caught my attention.

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