I just happened to get up to get a drink of water, and I saw you out there. You and Mark.
But it didn’t work, obviously. Or we wouldn’t be making this trip to Castelfidardo, now, would we?
J
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To: Jane Harris <[email protected]>
Fr: Cal Langdon <[email protected]>
Re: Time to talk
I didn’t get a chance to speak to Mark, due to the fact that the excessive amount of alcohol he put away at dinner rendered him comatose. Not, I would like to add, a good sign that he is looking forward to his impending nuptials with joy.
Cal
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To: Cal Langdon <[email protected]>
Fr: Jane Harris <[email protected]>
Re: Time to talk
Oh, please.I could drink Mark under the table. He’s always been a lightweight. He was probably just trying to keep up with you. That doesn’t mean ANYTHING.
Besides, every guy has the right to let off a little steam before he gets married.
J
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To: Jane Harris <[email protected]>
Fr: Cal Langdon <[email protected]>
Re: Time to talk
> every guy has the right to let off a little steam before he gets married.<
Proving my point that marriage is an unnatural and antiquated institution that ought to be abolished. The fact that it is traditional for men to get blind stinking drunk the night before their wedding just shows that it is a state into which they are entering against their better judgment.
WOMEN want marriage. Men do not. Mark’s behavior last evening proves deep down, he doesn’t want this. And you know it.
Cal
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To: Cal Langdon <[email protected]>
Fr: Jane Harris <[email protected]>
Re: Time to talk
You’re so weird. Seriously. Are you this way about EVERYTHING? I mean, do you have to overthink every little thing? Don’t you ever just DO stuff, without thinking about it first?
Or is it BECAUSE you did something once, without weighing the consequences, and got burned, that you are so anti-marriage?
J
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To: Jane Harris <[email protected]>
Fr: Cal Langdon <[email protected]>
Re: Time to talk
And I suppose you’re going to claim you haven’t been dreaming about your wedding day since you were seven? Dressing your Barbies up in bridal veils and walking them down the aisle with poor hapless Ken since you were nine? Sketching designs of your dream wedding gown since your teens, and viewing every male you met after the age of twenty as potential husband/father-of-your-children material, weighing his earning potential against his looks and assessing the chances of his remaining faithful to you?
Cal
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To: Cal Langdon <[email protected]>
Fr: Jane Harris <[email protected]>
Re: Time to talk
You didn’t answer my question.
J
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To: Jane Harris <[email protected]>
Fr: Cal Langdon <[email protected]>
Re: Time to talk
You didn’t answer mine.
Cal
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To: Cal Langdon <[email protected]>
Fr: Jane Harris <[email protected]>
Re: Time to talk
Fine. Yes, I had Barbie weddings. Yes, I’ve sketched bridal gowns.
And, yes, I’ve sized up potential boyfriends, wondering whether or not they were going to be faithful to me.
But I’ve never cared about their EARNING potential. Truly. You can ask Holly.
And as for being good father material, how can I worry about who’s going to be the father of my children when I’m not even sure I WANT children? My career is just starting out. I want to see how that goes before I attempt to bring another life form into this world.
Besides which, I already have a cat. That is quite enough responsibility right now.
J
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To: Jane Harris <[email protected]>
Fr: Cal Langdon <[email protected]>
Re: Time to talk
Are you seriously comparing owning a cat to raising a child?
Cal
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