Turning His Body Into Your Property

You decide what he eats, where he sleeps and when he comes. It would be odd to stop short of how he looks. The belly, the slouch, the "no time" — none of that is his private business; it's the condition of your property. An ordinary wife nags her husband about his gut for years and gets nowhere. You have something no dietitian has — the key. A belly disappears remarkably fast once a date depends on it. You have something she doesn't: leverage.

The standard. Tell him how you want him to look — once, specifically, no "it'd be nice if." A number on the scale, a waist measurement, pull-ups. Write it into the contract as a requirement, not a wish.