“I told you what you needed to hear so you wouldn’t waste money you don’t have,” Seth said.

“Natalie will fall in line once the ceremony’s over.

What’s she going to do, walk away over a desk job at a dental office?”

“She’s thirty-five minutes away from walking down the aisle,” Heather said.

“If she finds out you promised away her whole career without asking her, she’ll be furious.”

“She won’t find out today,” Seth said.

“We get through the ceremony, we drive to the reception, and Sunday evening we sit down and look at our joint savings.

When I show her how much money we save by keeping your kids out of daycare, she’ll see it makes sense.”