The thought that a woman (or a man) would find advancement in their job more important and more desirable than their spouse is upsetting to me. As is the fact that a man would find his desire to cross dress so obsessive that he is willing to go along with the arrangement. Not to mention the idea that the two women would trade a spouse for a promotion, like he is nothing more than a used car.

It is obvious that love plays no part in any of the relationships in this story, from Naomi telling Greg that he has no say in who she tells about his desire to cross dress, to the whole scene where she thought nothing of embarrassing him in front of her coworkers when she came home with unannounced visitors, to the way she calmly analyzed her feelings in front of them and told him that she couldn’t be with him as he was with no thought to his feelings. And this doesn’t even address the whole deal where she sold him for a promotion - without ever telling him what was going on.

This whole story has me upset. This is essentially slavery, and there is no win-win-win-win. The only win I see here is that a marriage which was apparently just a convenience is no more. Naomi wasn’t even upset at losing her husband, only happy she got a promotion.