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possibly that he was more feminine than she was  , and the different perspective/ability to open her mind to new things (such as the idea that settling down in a small town was something to be sought rather than ran away from). |
Perhaps the fact that he was more feminine than Edna was what she needed in a husband. She needed a man to stay at home with the children while she went off to war. She took on the masculine role there and would probably not be in a position to do that with a different kind of a man