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.

I’ll quit my job. I’ll start over.”

She looked at me for a long time, her eyes filled with something I couldn’t quite place. Maybe hope. Maybe doubt. Maybe something else entirely.

“I don’t need a hero,” she said softly, her voice almost a whisper. “I need a partner. And I don’t know if you can be that man anymore.”

I felt like I had been punched in continue reading …