My wife is paralyzed, so I haven’t been inti:mate with her for four months. Out of deep frustration, I left her alone for ten days to go on a date with the younger sister of my colleague. And then… the unexpected happened.

to say yes immediately, to say it with conviction, to sound like the man she married instead of the one I had become. But my silence answered before my mouth did, and when I finally forced out, “Of course I do,” it sounded weak enough that even I didn’t believe it.

A week later, she reached for my hand in bed. Her palm was warm, her fingers trembling continue reading …