"The Middlesteins" Jami Attenberg

"And finally, she doesn't always love being a stay-at home mom, but the other option, dealing with bosses and responsibilities and meetings in poorly lit rooms and office politics and all that other crap that Benny goes through on a daily  basis, sounds so appalling that she will gladly gush, "This is what I was born to do," to anyone who might ask...even if she suspects there might have been another option, if only she had not let Benny just put it in for a second because it felt so good and never made him take it out again before it was too late."