Til Death

A husband decides to divorce his wife for another woman, Jane, but agrees to her unusual request: for one month, he must carry her from their bedroom to the front door each morning, as he did on their wedding day. Initially, he sees this as a meaningless task, but over time, he begins to rekindle feelings of love and intimacy. He realizes how much his wife has sacrificed and how she has silently suffered. On the final day, he chooses to stay with her, realizing the true value of their marriage. However, when he returns home to surprise her with flowers, he discovers she has passed away from cancer—something she had been hiding from him.

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This would make a hard-hitting monolog skit or as a reading.

Cast:  1 monologue male

Bible Reference: Matthew 19:6 (What God has joined together, let no man separate.)

Set:   bare

Lighting:  standard

Sound: wireless mics if available

Song:  none

SFX: none

Costumes:  standard

Props: none

Special Instructions:   none

Time:  5

Sample Script:

Actor comes on stage, sad.

Actor: When I got home that night, as my wife served dinner, I held her hand and said, “I've got something to tell you.” She sat down and ate quietly. Again, I observed the hurt in her eyes.

Suddenly, I didn't know how to open my mouth. But I had to let her know what I was thinking. “I want a divorce.” I raised the topic calmly.

She didn't seem to be annoyed by my words. Instead, she asked me softly, “Why?”

I avoided her question. This made her angry. She threw away the chopsticks and shouted at me, “You are not a man!” That night, we didn't talk. She was weeping. I knew she wanted to find out what had happened to our marriage. But I could hardly give her a satisfactory answer. I had lost my heart to Jane. I didn't love my wife anymore—I just pitied her.

With a deep sense of guilt, I drafted a divorce agreement stating that she could keep our house, our car, and a 30% stake in my company. She glanced at it and then tore it into pieces. The woman who had spent ten years of her life with me had become a stranger. I felt sorry for her wasted time, resources, and energy, but I could not take back what I had said—I loved Jane too much. Finally, she cried loudly in front of me, which was what I had expected. To me, her cry was actually a kind of release. The idea of divorce, which had obsessed me for weeks, seemed firmer and clearer now.

The next day, I came home very late and found her writing something at the table. I didn’t eat but went straight to sleep. I was tired after an eventful day with Jane.

When I woke up, she was still there at the table, writing. I didn’t care, so I turned over and went back to sleep.

In the morning, she presented her divorce conditions. She didn’t want anything from me but needed a month’s notice before the divorce. She requested that, for one month, we both live as normally as possible. Her reason was simple: our son had exams in a month, and she didn’t want to disrupt him with our broken marriage.

I agreed. But she had one more request—she asked me to recall how I had carried her into our bridal room on our wedding day. She wanted me to carry her out of our bedroom to the front door every morning for a month. I thought she was going crazy. Just to make our last days together bearable, I accepted her odd request.

I told Jane about my wife’s divorce conditions. She laughed loudly and thought it was absurd. “No matter what tricks she applies, she has to face the divorce,” she said scornfully.

My wife and I hadn't had any physical contact since I had expressed my desire for divorce. So when I carried her out on the first day, we were both clumsy. Our son clapped behind us. “Daddy is holding Mommy in his arms.” His words brought me pain.

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