INFIDELITY: The Goat and the Priest

INFIDELITY: The Goat and the Priest

It’s almost midnight. Fourteen months since she found the messages. He has done what he was supposed to do. Full disclosure. No contact with the other woman. Phone unlocked on the counter. Counseling every week. He hasn’t told her a single lie since the...
Don’t Move to Mexico. Have Some Tacos.

Don’t Move to Mexico. Have Some Tacos.

A man sat on my couch and told me he was done. Selling the house. Quitting the job. Moving to Mexico. Fresh start, clean slate, new country, new man. I asked him one question. When was the last time you told your wife you were unhappy? He looked at the floor for a...
You Have More Than You Deserve

You Have More Than You Deserve

A man sat across from me and listed everything he was owed. A wife who appreciated him. Parents who showed up when he was ten. A boss with eyes. A body that didn’t ache getting out of bed. One run of luck that finally broke his way instead of over his head. He...
She’s Not Arguing. She’s Feeling Out Loud.

She’s Not Arguing. She’s Feeling Out Loud.

She’s been going for six minutes. The story keeps shifting. Half the details are wrong. A third of it happened in 2019. She just contradicted something she said ninety seconds ago and she didn’t even notice. And you’re sitting there building your...