Husband & wife Stories

Gene stepped out of his car; it had been a long day, and he looked forward to seeing his loving wife. They had got married young, had kids, and started a traditional family. He would go out to work, provide for his family, and Emma, his doting wife, would stay home and look after the house. When times were tough, she worked part-time, but those days were long gone. Now she stayed home, did chores, and planned for the well...

I've never cheated on my wife. I've never found evidence or been given a reason to think she has cheated on me. I’ve been suspicious, more than she knows, and in those few times she noticed my behavior, she either laughed it off or somberly reassured me, “I’ve never cheated.” But I can’t stop suspecting it. List of Things I’ve Done to Prove or Disprove That My Wife Has Cheated On Me: I guessed her phone passcode. When she...

“What happened to the girl who used to walk to the mailbox naked?” he asks casually, dragging the butter knife across his toast with that sharp scraping sound that instantly tightens every muscle in my body. The butter. The butter he forgot yesterday. The butter I got up at six a.m. to run to the store to buy while the coffee brews, and he sleeps peacefully upstairs. I turn slowly, sarcasm practically dripping from every...