Stephanie Shapiro is a Baltimore writer and a former journalist.
A friend once lamented that her spouse spent Saturdays reading instead of doing household chores. How daring, I thought, to let the weeds grow and dust accumulate, to skip the carwash, all for the sake of a good book. Instead of giving in to responsibility and its discontents, he did as he pleased — and harmed no one. Nevertheless, his wife disapproved.