Teaching her to use a human toilet. (Spoiler: It’s not working. The bathtub is now a pond.) Would you like a part two from Seraphina’s perspective?
Normal couples fight about dishes. We fight about her leaving a “shed trail” across the clean carpet or the fact that my snoring vibrates the floor in a way that “sounds like a dying badger” (her words). She gets the silent treatment by retreating into a giant coil under the bed. I get the silent treatment by… walking to the kitchen, which she cannot follow because her tail gets stuck in the hallway. It’s a fair stalemate. Married Life With A Lamia
No burglar in their right mind is going to break into a house where a 20-foot serpent-woman is watching true crime documentaries at 2 AM. One time a raccoon got into the attic. She had it cornered in six seconds. The raccoon now has PTSD. Sera felt bad and named it “Kevin.” He lives under the porch now. She leaves him raw egg. Teaching her to use a human toilet
So yes, marriage to a lamia is chaos. Our homeowner’s insurance is a nightmare. My family still doesn’t “get it.” But every night, when she coils around me and whispers “Mine” in that low, forked-tongue voice… Normal couples fight about dishes