One of the main characters in stories about Nasrudin is his wife. She comes out as a tough woman with her feet firmly on the ground. There is no fooling around with her. More often than not, she sees through the conundrums that bedevil her wise husband, who regularly ends up behaving like a fool. As a couple, though, they are just right for each other, which is why she comes up in the stories as often as she does. No prize for guessing why I am going on and on about Nasrudin’s wife. And no prize for guessing why my beloved turns out rather harsh in many of my stories about conundrums I face myself. Wise fools cannot make it in this world without their worthy opposites. As well as much love that binds them together.