When I saw my wife, eight months pregnant, standing alone at the sink doing dishes at ten at night, I called my three sisters and said something that made everyone fall silent. But the most intense reaction… came from my own mother.

disbelieving laugh, crossing her legs as she swirled the last bit of wine in her glass. “Oh, come on, Dave. Don’t be so dramatic. What, did you watch some feminist documentary out in the garage? Relax.”

Chloe folded her arms defensively. “Lucy was just doing dishes, Dave. She offered. Since when is helping out around the house a crime?”

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