My husband and I aren’t so in sync that we can finish each other’s sentences. But he does have the uncanny knack for knowing when I finally sit down to rest during a very busy day. That is ALWAYS the exact moment when he comes downstairs from his home office and chats up a storm.

I used to pretend to be a good wife. I’d nod my head as he talked, when all I longed for was peace and quiet. After twenty years of marriage, however, I no longer pretend. In so many words, I tell him to go away!