Perhaps he brought her home even as you imagined yours to be a love nest? Perhaps you were assailed by her disapprobation even as you dated — and you married him despite her. Perhaps he turns into a wuss when his mother is around. A pushover, and you resent her for it. (Strangely, not him.) Perhaps he makes it seem that loving her and loving you are mutually exclusive. And he’s torn. Perhaps you carry the baggage of your mother’s suffering and never gave his mother a chance...