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They Made Lists

They texted on backlit marginalia, phones dimming as the night grew older. After a squabble, they tested their feelings. “I am still the same woman,” she wrote, mentioning all her good points. He, drowsy and hung over, “I have a list.” He had listed the many reasons she was great to be with - quoted those. “Thank you,” she said preening. “I haven’t changed, you have!” He added a few cons to a new list he had secretly been compiling, then some more. The list grew longer. “I’ve made another list.” He told her. She took this as a good sign. “Yes, go on…” ‘A change would be good’, he thought, but wrote: “I love you just the way you are.” After the make-up chat, he downloaded an adult video.

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