I had just turned 40 and it had been a tough year. I’m a partner in a law firm and work insane hours in a demanding environment. Besides supporting my wife I’d been supporting her twin sister financially for most of the year since she got divorced. My wife told me she had arranged a special birthday trip to Mexico and I was looking forward to it.
My wife is 10 years younger than me. We met at a restaurant where I was a regular customer and she was a server. We married when I was 29 and she was 19. She’s 30 now but still looks 19. She’s 5’2 and barely 100lbs. She’s got great genetics and is naturally slim. Her sister Jessica is her identical twin. Even after 11 years of marriage I have a hard time telling them apart. They even sound the same. But where my wife and I have a stable great relationship Jessica is a mess. Already two divorces and a bankruptcy at age 30. I’ve probably given her close to $300k in the last 10 years. I don’t regret it though. She and my wife are so close sometimes it’s like they’re one person .