When Gerry Turner Visited Wife Theresa Nist in New Jersey, He Slept on the Couch
Once Gerry and Theresa were married, she showed no sign that she’d like to stay together as a couple in any sort of fantasy suite. Visiting her in New Jersey a week after their vows, he admittedly “felt like a trespasser in her home, like I didn’t belong.”
It was a sensation that only grew when she asked him to sleep on the sofa as she had a big day of work in the morning. “‘Yeah, no problem’ were the words that came out of my mouth,” he detailed, “but I was really thinking, ‘Why? We’re married!'”
Theresa recalled the moment different on Dear Shandy, saying they did share a space that first night, but that she tossed all night as it had been so long since she’d slept beside someone. “He said, ‘Oh, I can sleep on the couch if you want me to,'” she recounted. “He offered to sleep on the couch. I did not ask him to sleep on the couch.”
Either way, he remained confined to the couch for three nights, making the return drive to Indiana a day early. Noted Gerry, “Once again, this was a very different Theresa from the woman I’d encountered in Costa Rica. At the resort, her behavior regarding intimacy was comfortable, even forward. When we returned to the States, she ignored opportunities for intimacy.”
