but he had no idea what I’d left beside his plate
My husband told me to stay upstairs during his promotion dinner because I wasn’t “back in shape” three weeks after giving birth to twins — I agreed, but he had no idea what I’d left beside his plate
Three weeks after giving birth to twins, I was still sore, swollen, and surviving on two-hour stretches of sleep. Some mornings, I could barely remember whether I had brushed my teeth. So when my husband, Brett, announced that his boss and several senior colleagues were coming to dinner on Friday, I assumed we would order […]