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.

bubbled over into sharp words and tears. But I took it. I held her when she cried, even when I wanted to run away from the pain of seeing her like this. I had hurt her before. I wasn’t going to leave now.

One evening, about a month after my decision to cut ties with Christina, I was sitting on the couch beside Hannah, watching a movie we used to love.continue reading …