“Maybe you should see other people to remind yourself of why you are with me.”

“Good point.”

“Would it help if you took up drinking again?”

“Just stop doing the laundry and washing the dishes all the time and you’ll feel better.”

“What you need is a break from that 35-hour-a-week job you keep having to get up by 6 in the evening for; we can just live on my teacher’s salary.”