It had gotten to the point where I didn’t want to feel so hostile and resentful all the time, so I had made a weird lopsided bargain: I would do most of the kid, house, taxes, and drudge stuff. And all I asked for in return, I told Tom, was this: “I just want you to notice, and say ‘thank you.’” That bargain is a big reason why my life splintered into unsatisfying, distracted, and fragmented time confetti.
