The Perfect Wife Score
When I walked out of the funeral home, the Perfect Wife app my boyfriend, Ryan Keller, developed popped up with its 99th penalty notification.
[Perfect Wife Score: -3. Reason: Too many calls.]
I opened the app. Three years' worth of deductions filled the screen.
I lost a point for asking him to pick me up from work in the pouring rain. Apparently, that made me too dependent.
Three more disappeared after a fight because I refused to admit I was wrong. According to the app, that made me dishonest.
Then there were the ten points I lost because I once asked Mom to pretend she was sick for me. Apparently, that meant she had raised me badly.
I scrolled through the list without feeling much o