When his mother moved in and rewrote my future

she dropped a bombshell that genuinely scared me, like she had been waiting for the right moment to say it out loud. She told me I needed to quit my job, drop out of college, and “focus on being a good wife,” as if my entire identity had already been rewritten without my consent.

She said, “Dear, it’s time for you to know that my son is supposed to continue reading …