Who Wants the Orphan Wife?

Summary

For the first three years of our marriage, my husband suddenly developed a profound interest in playing mahjong with his boss's daughter.

Whenever I confronted him about it, his defense was always the exact same script. "You're an orphan. You don't have a family to back me up, no connections, nothing. You can't help me with my career at all."

He would follow it up with, "I'm playing cards to keep my boss happy. Isn't that for the good of our family?"

Then, after delivering those crushing blows, he would wrap his arms around me and sigh, playing the victim.