No, we’re not talking about that wife; we’re talking about Scott William Carter’s version—Yolanda Green, an even-keeled, mostly content wife of a university professor time traveler—and the story of what she does when he goes off into the future, failing to return for dinner.
“We’ve done it,” he said. “Three times with a mouse and five times with a monkey. The university has approved my request for a manned test run. We’re going into the future!

Variants

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  1. “The Time Traveler’s Wife” by Scott William Carter, in Analog, July/August 2005.
  2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Scott William Carter