ON THE SIXTH DAY AFTER MY WEDDING, AT MY FIRST DINNER AT MY IN-LAWS’ TABLE, I REACHED FOR FOOD AND MY SIL HIT MY HAND AND LAID DOWN HER RULES. I SLAPPED HER BACK: “YOU DO NOT GET TO TOUCH ME.”
Six days after my wedding, my sister-in-law struck my hand away from a serving dish as if I were a disobedient dog.…