How I Met My Husband
By: Alice Munro
The story of Edie's path to love is illustrated in the setting established by the theme of the short story. The theme of infatuation's blinding ability and love as a path of a series of steps (events) is established in the setting characteristic of time. By beginning with the story of Edie's first infatuation, the narrator guides the reader to see how this simple event led Edie to ultimate love.
In the closing section of the story, the narrator states, "I believe in it (letter) coming just like I believed the sun would rise in the morning (Page 145)." In this short phrase, the narrator's hubris is presented as the reader learns that Edie's limiting flaw is her blindness to uncertainty. Edie is blinded by the idea of love that she does not see the true love forming around her. Originally standing at the mailbox in the hopes of receiving the promised letter from Chris Walters, Edie befriends the mailman with an optimistic smile and pleasantry. Through an unpredictable turn of events, this waiting leads Edie to fall in love with the mailman, thus illustrating how one event can be crucial to guiding one to the next. It is by Edie's initial hubris, that she gains her ultimate desire.
Upon reading the short story written by Alice Munro, I was reminded of the TV series, How I Met Your Mother. Within the series, each episode acts as a short story of how past events and love stories, ultimately led the protagonist to true love. Thus, an episode of the TV series can be compared to the initial story of Edie and how that short segment, in the end, led her to love.
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