Katya tried to train my husband to be neater: “In my ongoing campaign to straighten these messy people out, I saved up and took a massive whizz on a pile of clothes Charlie left on the floor.”

Katya tried to train my husband to be neater: “In my ongoing campaign to straighten these messy people out, I saved up and took a massive whizz on a pile of clothes Charlie left on the floor.”
Rats, I’ve learned, only live for two or three years, which seems to make them an ideal short-term commitment. But here’s the catch: There’s no such thing as a short-term commitment.