She never asked what my marriage was like, just about the meals that my husband and I shared. “What do you eat together at dinner?” she asked me. I glowed in response, because this I could answer. “Big bowls of spaghetti and meatballs. Boeuf bourguignon in the winter. Mussels in the summer. Bún thįt nuong made from scratch. Wild rice bowls with spinach and sausage. Asparagus risotto. Paella, he even bought a special pan for it. Shrimp tacos with cabbage slaw. Beef Wellington on my birthday.” My ex-husband loved to cook, and he fed me well from the moment we met. I gained weight steadily when
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