He Had Her at the Baby Moose

In June 2021, Francis Charles Marley checked out Ashleé Michele Miller’s Match.com profile, but clicked away without so much as a like. She would have let it go if the app hadn’t pictured him cradling a baby moose in the middle of a raging Alaskan river. Ms. Miller, 35, was riding out the pandemic at…

After the Affair, the Reckoning

One day before our seventh wedding anniversary, and six weeks after our first child was born, my husband told me he was having an affair. (The tense matters: having, not had.) As his confession reverberated in my ears, I rocked our daughter, asleep after her 10th (11th?) nursing session of the day. My nipples ached,…

After the Affair, the Reckoning

One day before our seventh wedding anniversary, and six weeks after our first child was born, my husband told me he was having an affair. (The tense matters: having, not had.) As his confession reverberated in my ears, I rocked our daughter, asleep after her 10th (11th?) nursing session of the day. My nipples ached,…