Edelman's purpose in writing this essay is to show two sides: she wants to show the reader how her husband abandoned her, but she also cares to inform the perfect ideal of marriage that everyone grows up with is not completely achievable. Additionally, Edelman wants the reader to feel sympathy for his situation and understand why it has had such an impact on his life. He uses anecdotal evidence from his own life and how he handles situations to make this point. This choice affects the article by creating a one-sided slant because she never interviews her husband to find out how he feels about the situation. Edelman blames her husband for working longer hours and not being there to help with the parents, as they were supposed to do together. She explains that before her husband started working crazy hours, she too was a working mother, but now the more he works, the more she needs to be present at home. Edelman says, "It began to drive me crazy, the way the daily duties of parenting and homeownership began to depend entirely on me." (53). She feels betrayed by her husband