Snippets

“He looks at me with this sort of glower.  I know what I usually do.  I usually smile back, you know, kind of unsure and ask ‘What?’ It’s like he wants me to ask or maybe he wants me to feel insecure or maybe it’s just a little game and he’s teasing me.  Tonight I look at him with the same expression he's giving me and turn back to what I'm doing. I expect him to laugh or something. He says nothing. A minute later I look again and he’s still staring at me. It's not a glower, exactly. But there’s no kindness there.  I turn away. He announces in a nice way that he’s going to bed.

And now I’m thinking to myself ‘How much do we really know a person? Even after fifty years.’”

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       “Usually when you read an article about putting the fire back into your relationship it involves wigs and high heels. I just don’t have that kind of energy anymore.  Let him dress up. Not in a wig--God no! In a fireman’s uniform or skin diver thingie.”

       "Skin diver?"

       "I don't know! Help me think!"