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I like to get out into the garden now and then. It’s nice and quiet out here and we have a bit of a ravine in the back. It lets me escape from Sally and her nagging. My wife’s always after me about one thing or the other; she can’t just let things be. Like how she’s always after me to wear work gloves when I’m moving some things around in the rock garden. She watches me from the kitchen window so I need to look busy. Sally always needs to reassure herself about me. She’s the one who pursued me, thinking I would fulfill some fantasy she had concocted. I remember one night before we got together she told me some story about her heart and the way it beat heavy after she ate. I knew she just wanted to talk to me and get my attention. It was fine by me, she was attractive enough and certainly younger than me. I don’t know if it’s because she’s younger or if it’s just her, but Sally is always talking about how things should be romantic. I just pretend to be ignorant about it so there is no expectation for me to carry it on. I started that one real early; she even bought the champagne for our wedding night. The key to interesting and keeping women is to play dumb. Sally is always watching out for me like I’m a little kid. I get away with a lot, and there is something about ignorance that women seem to find very attractive. I’m pretty sure that’s why Sally went for me in the first place. I was married twice before Sally and I had kids with my other wives. Sally’s always asking me questions about my other marriages and why they ended. I always keep my answers cryptic and short. I just pretend that it was all very vague. The mystery of it eats Sally up, but there is no need for her to know about the past. Besides, Sally has enough to keep her occupied. She works, which I am totally fine with. It’s just one more thing to keep her busy during the day. Even better, she sometimes goes away on business trips, which frees up my weekends now and then. She always jokes that she might go off and have an affair while she is on one of these trips.
Approximate Word count = 1559
Approximate Pages = 6.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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