Celebrity chef Ina Garten opens up about a near-divorce she experienced with her husband, Jeffrey, in the late 1970s due to differing expectations in their relationship. Garten details how she felt frustrated by traditional gender roles and needed space to figure out her own identity.
"He packed his bag and went home to Washington with no plan to come back. I buried my emotions and threw myself into my work.”— whether he's helping fetch ingredients for Ina's latest heavenly dish, or giving his own seal of approval for her fabulous cooking.Ina-heads have undoubtedly been over the moon when it comes to the couple's on-screen chemistry — which is why it might be shocking to learn that they once almost got divorced.
Ina also recalls moving back to their DC home and reuniting with Jeffrey after her Barefoot Contessa shop had closed for the winter."'What can I do to change your mind?' he asked so hopefully, not understanding that I doubted we could make our relationship work, and that we might be heading for divorce.""I just couldn’t live with him in a traditional 'man and wife' relationship. Jeffrey hadn’t done anything wrong.
Ultimately, Ina told Jeffrey that if he saw a therapist, she'd consider reconciling with him. Sure enough, he did — and the rest was history."Jeffrey’s willingness to see the therapist was as significant as anything that might happen during their session," she writes."He was that determined to convince me he was serious about making our marriage work.
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