AFTER NINE YEARS OF BEING HIS UNPAID SERVANT, MY BOYFRIEND TOLD ME I WASN’T HIS WIFE—SO I GAVE HIM THE ULTIMATE EVICTION

of bills I had paid for his benefit. When he tried to invoke our history, claiming I was overreacting to a simple argument about dishes, I didn’t waver. I pointed out that he was the one who defined our relationship: I was not his wife, and therefore, I had no obligation to fund his adulthood.

He tried to bargain, whispering for me to come talk to him continue reading …