He shouldn’t read them.

He says he’s “just checking sentiment,” but then he scrolls too far. Someone writes, “Way too high property taxe.” Another writes, “Needs to be reassessed.”

He takes it personally.

Last night he whispered, “Am I overvalued?” and stared at the ceiling for 40 minutes.

I tried to remind him that online comments are not identity statements.

He said, “Easy for you to say. You’re intangible.”