At her family barbecue, Nicole laughed in front of…

Things were normal, comfortable even. My wife, Nicole, was laughing with her cousins, looking like the perfect picture of charm and success in her blue sundress and oversized sunglasses. You would never have guessed what kind of person she became behind closed doors.

Then her cousin Ashley, the one who thought every family gathering was a talk show, decided to stir the pot. “So, you two,” she said, pointing her drink at us, “still madly in love after all these years?”

I chuckled, ready to give the polite, easy answer. “Of course.”

But before I could open my mouth, Nicole smirked and said loudly enough for the whole table to hear, “Madly in love?

Please. I regret this marriage every single day.”

The laughter was instant, loud, casual, the kind people use when they think a joke is harmless. Even her mother chuckled and shook her head.

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