My Husband Said His Family Was His Problem, So I Let It Be

of his left side.”

His face did the thing it always did when he was cornered. Not anger first. Annoyance. As if I was making the conversation difficult on purpose.

“Don’t do that.”

“Do what?”

“Make it sound like I don’t care about your parents.”

I let that sit there. Then I said, “You don’t care enough to be uncomfortable.”

That landed.

He looked away.

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