GAMES FOR DEPRESSED COUPLES – GAME 2: THE FAIRY GODFATHER (PART 1)
Players: Depressed wife and fairy godfather (nondepressed husband).
Activist: Nondepressed husband. Setting: Home.
Aim: Draw wife out of her depression by appealing to her rescue fantasy.
Game Plan: The wife is moping around when the doorbell rings and she opens the door (or, alternately, the wife is lying in bed and the husband bursts into the room). He wears a costume that befits her fantasy—Superman, Robin Hood, a prince, a fairy with wings.
“Hi! It’s me—your fairy godfather! My card!” He hands her a home-made card, then whirls around the room, his cape or wings flowing. Depending on the nature of his wife’s depression and personality, he may dance around the room for a time, waving the magic wand, or stride toward her in a princely fashion.
“What are you doing?” his wife may ask in a sarcastic tone. “Stop being stupid.”
If she is in on the game, she will play along of her own accord. If the game is a surprise, she may continue to try to negate it. (All such negation should be firmly countered.)
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