I’m busy.”2 Earl is very embarrassed when two men in business suits start talking about his wife’s weight. The total lack of benevolence between husband and wife are clearly seen straight away: “What are you doing here? Doreen said when she saw him sitting there”1 and later she says: “Don’t talk to me now. The story ends abruptly with Doreen telling everybody that he is a salesman. He ends up in the coffee shop again and tries to “sell” her to a man sitting next to him. He continues to pressure her, so she would keep dieting. After this incident she tries to go on a diet but she ends up not eating at all and not looking healthy. He decides to let Doreen know that she (he) has a problem with her weight. Two men start talking about his wife’s weight and this bothers Earl greatly. Here he is treated like a nuisance by his wife. After a night of drinking as he usually does he goes to see the place where his wife works. “They’re Not Your Husband” is a short story by Raymond Carver, where he writes about the man named Earl Ober, who is an unemployed salesman, with his wife (Doreen) working as a waitress, at a 24-hour coffee shop.
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