Husband

Throughout “How I Met My Husband” by Alice Munro there are some points of suspense and uncertainty as to which direction the story will head. First, how the relationship between Mrs. Peebles and Edie catapult Edie to new relationships. Then there is wondering where the relationship between Edie and Chris will head. This causes the short story to have two types of irony, situational and dramatic because of the direction the story starts off then changes and ends up.
Edie is a fifteen year old girl living on a farm. She has daily chorus to do on the farm that consist of doing laundry and making bread as well as cakes. On Edie’s family farm they have cows and one is about to give birth. They call Dr. Peebles to come over and assist the cow giving birth to twin calves. The family then invites Dr. Peebles over for dinner and while he is eating he is also observing Edie and tells her she looks smart. H says “my wife was looking for a girl to help her. Mrs. Peebles felt tied down with the two children out in the country.” Edie then gets hired to be Mrs. Peebles help. She does their laundry, a bit of cooking, and takes care of the children to take some of the responsibility off of Mrs. Peebles. Edie appreciates caring for their nice house and Mrs. Peebles really likes Edie. Then one day, when Edie is playing dress up with Mrs. Peebles clothes, Chris arrives at the door to get water at the pump. Edie begins to like him and when she encounters him at his house it leads to them kissing and fooling around. At this time Chris’ fiancé is in town at the Peebles’ house and when Mrs. Peebles and Chris’ fiancé Alice find out about Edie and Chris hooking up they are appealed. But Alice takes it to an extreme by saying “I can check to see if she’s a virgin, I’m a nurse, let me take a look.” Then Mrs. Peebles told Alice that’s crazy, you need to leave. After Alice leaves Mrs. Peebles told Edie to just put this behind us and did not fire her. Which is rare during this time period.