My husband gave away every maternity dress I owned while I was at work. When I asked what I was supposed to wear, he kept spreading mustard on his sandwich.

I’d spent $1,380 building that wardrobe, purchasing things gradually whenever I could afford them.

That might not seem like an enormous fortune to some people, but I was preparing for unpaid maternity leave and a new baby.

Every purchase had been deliberate.

I had even saved the receipts.

When I finally found Nick in the kitchen, he was spreading mustard across a sandwich.

“Nick, where are my maternity clothes?”

He barely looked up.

“I took them to Tara’s place.”

I stared at him.

“Tara? Your sister?”

“Obviously.”

“Why would