Our entire block had lost power for the third time that week. There had been terrible storms, and almost everyone was inside or at work. The power company had failed to revive the city's power, so I spent the last Monday of my summer vacation at home looking out at the rain and watching bad daytime television in the back room of my parent's house, eating pizza rolls. At around 11:15 in the morning I heard a knock on the d...

A couple of months ago my wife's best friend, Amy had a baby. Amy lives in a small town about two hours away from us, and my wife, Stacey insisted that she needed to be there in order to support her best friend. Stacey left for Amy's with our kids on a Thursday afternoon, and she planned on coming home by Sunday night. Her plan was to stay long enough for the new family to be settled, give them a hand with their daily cho...

Sister In law"There is no way in hell I am helping that bitch move her shit." My wife had decided that "we" were going to help her twin sister move into the new house she had built with her fiance."Stephanie's a little bitch who only cares about herself, and she hates me. Why would I do anything for her?" I asked. "She is my sister and you will be there to help her out," my wife fired back. I finally agreed to be my siste...