No Freedom Behind Rules
Language: en

Before the wedding, Sebastian sent an Excel sheet with three hundred and sixty-five rows of Wife Code of Conduct. Rule 12 banned male likes on Instagram. Rule 87 limited weight fluctuation to two pounds. Rule 203 required chore photos by 10:00 PM daily. I thought it was his quirky way of building a life. After marriage, he turned it into an app scoring me daily. Below ninety meant his calm remark, "I am not punishing you, I am helping you improve." Seven months pregnant, I scored eighty-seven for a three-minute delay to a prenatal appointment that "disrupted the family's time management…