Does the marriage between writer-character & reader-writer come between a real-life marriage?

"Only in books can you be married to them all." –James Salter


At a party, a woman tells me how she has decided my husband is a saint, and I'd better never ever complain about him. I say, "Huh? What do you mean by that?"


"He puts up with your craziness; he cooks you dinner." She sniffs. "And, you said he even does his own laundry. You can sit there and write all the live-long day and never have to worry about your husband yelling for his dinner and a clean pair of underdrawers." She glares at me...