I Didn't Realize I Was Losing Respect for My Husband

I kept picking up the slack in my marriage because somebody had to. I didn't realize how much it was changing the way I saw my husband.

My estranged husband had a response he would pull out whenever I tried to explain to him how much I was managing in our marriage. He would listen to me list the bills, household responsibilities, and all the other things I was trying to keep up with, and then he’d say, “I never asked you to do all those things.”

I cannot tell you how maddening that sente…