'My Husband Doesn't Understand a Word I Say!'

Someone in this picture wants control and safety more than they want honest connection.

Light Path to the Sea (1959) by Helen Lundeberg

Dear Polly,

Nine years ago, when I was twenty-five, I moved to Europe for a man I was spectacularly incompatible with. That relationship didn’t work out, but I stayed in Europe and eventually met the man who would become my husband. We’ve been together now for six years, married for two.

My husband is East Ge…