More Scenes From a Media Marriage: She Wants Fame, He Wants a Mistress

Published: November 16, 2007, 7:33 am

[Ed. note: this article was orginally published on July 1st, 1996.] On Winnie Dieke's 38th birthday, her husband James Dieke wakes up scared. Winnie Dieke wakes up depressed. Not that she has anything to be depressed about she's hit all her life landmarks (which could have been land mines) in style: first job at 22, met future husband at 25, first assignment for a prestigious magazine at 27, married at 28 (well under the 30-year deadline she'd set for herself), established herself as a "serious journalist" by 30, co-op at 31, pregnant at 32, her own column in a national newsmagazine at 34. For the past few weeks, Winnie has been spending a lot of time reminding herself of everything she's achieved. Something is wrong. Winnie doesn't want to admit it (she never wants to admit that there could be anything wrong with her life), but that something might be James. Lately, she's been worried about James. Irritated actually. James hasn't been holding up his end of

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