How Spouses Handle Bad Reviews, and No, Gay Men Don't Have a Hymen

Sometime last winter I remember reading an article about an author who wound up very embarrassed because her spouse went ballistic over a bad review she'd received for one of her books. My heart sank for her. I thought she was graceful about it, and she apologized for her husband's rants and for him calling attention to to the review. In any event, some didn't seem to think she was being honest about it, and I found that very distressing to say the least. If she'd said nothing, I would have w...