After Ten Years of Marriage I Asked for a Fair Split Because It Still Matters

I served dinner. I listened to him speak about a project at work and contributed the appropriate responses. I did the dishes. I checked on the children. I went to bed.

He was asleep within twenty minutes. He slept the way he always slept — deeply, easily, without apparent weight.

I lay beside him and looked at the ceiling and thought.

Three nights later,continue reading …