I think the ‘bro’ in ‘brodal’ is actually a prefix. Suffix would be more like, ‘portmantbro’...

Adorable story, featuring a cat = 5 stars. I hope you both and Smudge are very happy.

I just read that as ‘I beat my wife...’ and went, ‘whaaaa..?’. :)

I totally get you! I also like organising things and am probably the ‘romantic one’, but I think some people just express their affection in different ways - it doesn’t mean they don’t love you.