Dear Reader

As you have probably noticed, almost none of my genres express the idea of my paper on their own, and I intended it that way. I do not believe I can be confined to a certain writing space to define the complicated, long term, and in-depth problems that allow a marriage to end in divorce. The "incompatibility" issues stem from a long life together, each argument and problem building upon each other until the weight is too much to bare any longer. Because of this, I decided to allow my genres to work together to tell the bits and pieces of the story of Annabelle and Evan, and of their years together. My first genre was Evan's toast to his wife at his wedding reception, and the first use of the words "perfect," "best friend," and "honored" throughout my genres in reference to how Evan feels about his wife. The rest of my genres use these exact words in various formats, the second being a diary entry by Annabelle about their three year anniversary, the third being a letter from Evan to his mistress that he acquires some years later, and the last being a short story about Annabelle and Evan's 27th anniversary, focusing mostly on Annabelle's newfound ability over the years to see that Evan is disgusted by her aging, but feels obligated to stay with her. Although there are various parts throughout the genres that may connect to each other, the words Evan speaks to his wife are my golden thread, and reflect how after 27 years together, Evan still has learned nothing about who his wife truly is and does not care to know, connecting to my main idea of how the "ideal self" that Annabelle created when she first started seeing Evan, the woman who was "perfect," "his best friend," and a woman worth "honoring," was who Evan married, and what ultimately led to the demise of their relationship.