We will need to come up with a list of things that JHAP can do to modify his behavior so as to be less stressful to Ricki.

Let me take a crack at a few:

1) Move to boxers.
2) Make your own glass of warm milk before bed.
3) Your english muffins don't have to be so perfectly buttered that every nook & cranny has some butter in it.
4) Quit pretending you don't know how to operate the DVD player


Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:"
"She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."