Irony in How I Met my Husband

Throughout this short story, there are some points of suspense and uncertainty as to where the story will head. First, there is wondering where the relationship between Edie and Chris will head. Once it seems that there is some type of connection, Edie becomes a bit obsessed. After their kiss and his departure, she waits for his letter daily with a smiling face of anticipation before and after she receives the daily mail. The irony comes in that her husband, the mailman, thought Edie was trying to woo him by meeting him everyday at the mailbox. Edie narrates, "He always tells the children the story of how I went after him by sitting by the mailbox every day." In reality, she was waiting on a letter of a man she had become infatuated with. It's ironic that she meets her husband while waiting on a letter for another man.