The 5:30 AM alarm went off, and I awoke quickly as usual. I stopped the alarm and sat up in bed for a second as I came to my senses. Working a blue-collar job meant very early mornings and often long, gruelling days. I never dreamed of working in construc...

Almost a week had passed, and I had never felt so defeated. I couldn't even get it up to masturbate, let alone anything intimate with my wife. She didn't seem to notice or care. She was obsessed with taking pregnancy tests every day; each one revealed tha...