At 30,000 Feet, I Watched My Wife Crawl Across the Floor With Both Legs in Casts While My Mother Hid Her Crutches—Then I Noticed What Was Recording Behind Them

Reasonable.

Now I saw another possibility.

I was excellent at postponing conflict until somebody else absorbed the cost.

Mom makes a rude comment?

Ignore.

Shows up unannounced?

She’s lonely.

Questions our fertility?