The Relationship Between Laurie Metcalf and His Wife

"I feel like punching you," his wife said when he couldn't attend her 60th birthday party. "That's the thing about marriage that is worth writing about, is that you're so close to somebody that actually they can read your mind." The characters are in conflict with each other quite a bit and wanted to write it coming from people who don't can't articulate much like that. He doesn't really know how to deal with that in process,. But he says it in the best way he can, you know.