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Smiling Smitty

Smiling Smitty has had three wives and counting He is still cute and engaging, now, but is getting older He courts women who own their own house and have careers Because he likes to spend his days on hobbies. He has had six or ten jobs, but has never kept one more than a month. Because going to a job every day is “boring”. The women he marries think he is cute. He tells clever jokes and stories; he is engaging. That lasts for the first ten years or so. Resentment sets in about the eleventh year Because he does not shop, cook, vacuum, dust or help with any chores. He might do the lawn work, but not on a regular basis. As soon as Smitty gleans that he might get the boot He finds his next potential mate. Another woman with a home and a career.

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