How I Met My Husband | Themes
Memory and Storytelling
From the point of view of an adult, no longer as slender and pretty as she was when the action of the story takes place, Edie looks back on her life to give meaning to it. Significantly, rather than harboring resentment for Chris for not writing to her, she preserves what was wonderful in knowing him: his compliments, his warm kisses, and his kindness. She remembers that he said, “I wouldn’t do you any harm for the world,” and she does not blame him because she waited for his letters. Edie is able to do this, Munro implies, because as a young...
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