Tell him you want to make sure things are clean, that you want him to find his things easier when he complains. Make him depend on you in a way he’ll never imagine living without you. Make him ask you where things are, Gorda said, at least you will be talking to each other. Let him hurt himself when he comes home late at night and the apartment is dark. Who cares if he hits his shin on the corner of the bed? A little pain never hurt a man. And if he ever cheats on you, he’ll come back home; men have nowhere else to go.

