Imagine being married to someone who has every refrigerator / cupboard shelf and drawer in your kitchen labeled and slotted for exactly one week's groceries; and specific percentages of the total are assigned to each food category allowed: meat, vegetables, starch / grains, breakfast foods, and drinks. Dessert is not allowed, and between-meal snacking must be minimal and surreptitious.

On Friday you are expected to have at least 98% of all space filled for utilization throughout the coming week. If you have more than 2% open spaces on Friday you are subject to tirades and interrogation. If your open spaces equate to less than 2% but more than 0% you can expect some questions and heavy sighs. Here's how it works:

1. You are allotted no more than 30 minutes shopping time in the grocery store. The clock starts when you enter and stops after checkout as you are exiting the front doors of the store.
2. You have a strict budget.
3. You hate grocery shopping, and you would still dislike it even if there were no rules.
4. Throughout the week you are expected to make numerous, brief exploratory excursions into the grocery store. These reconnaissance missions are required more frequently as new items are introduced and stocked on the grocery store shelves. Even when your shelves at home are full and you are too lazy to or don't see the sense in cleaning out your cupboard, and/or you know you will be unable to afford the new items, you are still expected to evaluate every new item without exception.
5. Throughout the week, if you have any waste (i.e. you do not clean your plate) you must fill out a questionnaire explaining the reason for the disuse and, especially if the extravagance is frequent, you may be subject to further questioning as to the nature of your shopping strategy.
6. Throughout the week you frequently lament the fact that your diet invariably consists of generic Lucky Charms for breakfast, bologna and plain chips for lunch, and some formulation of canned tuna, canned green beans, and plain rice or potatoes for dinner.
7. Occasionally as you rush through the store you come across an endcap with a sale item that allows for an upgrade. These upgrades are usually brief as you tend to use up these scarce resources much more quickly.
8. Your spouse is not required to subsist on the same diet as you, and in fact is frequently absent at meal-times. Additionally, your spouse frequently puzzles over why you insist on the same foods week after week, though as long as you perform all of your required spousely duties there is no real attempt to understand or assist.

And this is the system in place for one of the most important processes (if not THE most important process) critical to your sustenance, enjoyment, and growth.

I am considering a divorce.