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   chireef said, 12 months ago

   they both said “I do”
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   Michael Farren said, 12 months ago

   Poor baby.
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   randayn said, 12 months ago

   I now pronounce you…
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   Fairportfan2 said, 12 months ago

   @

   You’re boring me.
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   I shall scoff at you.
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   scoff scoff
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   frumdebang said, 12 months ago

   @Fairportfan2

   That’s a bad scoff you’ve got there.
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   mlkirk12530 said, 12 months ago

   “If you love something let it go free. If it doesn’t come back, you never had it. If it comes back, love it forever.”

   Douglas Horton
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   pschearer said, 12 months ago

   Reminds me of the scene in a recent “Mad Men” when Peggy meets her BF at a fancy restaurant, expecting to hear a proposal of marriage. He makes a heart-felt declaration of his love but ends with a suggestion they shack up. Torn between what is and what she hoped, Peggy accepts, but when he asks if she still wants to eat dinner, she says “I do”, fraught with multiple meanings. (When was the last time I said “fraught”? When was the last time ANYBODY said “fraught”?)
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   AshburnStadium said, 12 months ago

   @randayn

   “By the power invested in me by the state of intoxication, I now pronounce you un-man and un-wife! You may now ignore the bride.”
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   Luscious said, 12 months ago

   Awww. That’s sweet they miss each other but is that a reason to re-start the relationship.
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    Paul Roese said, 12 months ago

    uh you can’t finish up a BA at a Community College. wonder what the big push by her for him to get his degree? BA’s are a dime a dozen. weird for a couple who have been sleeping together for years to be so tentative with each other. “But you want me to come back?” is he expecting her to say “No Gene, I am hooking up with Justin Timberlake now,” Mary Lou seems to be saying well if you don’t meet anyone else i will be your backup plan if you want. a chat like that would make me wonder how solid the relationship is. talk about insecurity!
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    JoeStoppinghem said, 12 months ago

    First big argument, of course they’re scared if they still have a relationship.
    MaryLou is right and she’s not being a bully about it.
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    The degree will help him as he gets older and when finding another job is difficult.
    How many employers want to high someone who doesn’t finish college, enough to say no to make the difference.
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    Those who are ‘bored with this story,’ stop reading it, or at least stop whining about it.
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    PipeTobacco said, 12 months ago

    Community college courses would not typically be the courses a person would take in their last semester for a Bachelor’s Degree in anything. The community college courses could be appropriate and would transfer in as general education courses or introductory courses, but Gene should have those all completed by now if he has only part of a semester left.
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    Alyre said, 12 months ago

    and…they haven’t been sleeping together for years…they’ve KNOWN each other since they were tweens…they’re entering the stage of a relationship where hormones still drive but rational thought is starting to decide direction….
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    Paul Roese said, 12 months ago

    @JoeStoppinghem

    am not against college degrees but they are not the ticket they used to be plus they now have a shelf life of a few years. my sister is a teacher and has to constantly go back and take classes. yes, because math and grammar are always changing. some friends who lost jobs in the downturn have been told all the material they studied 5 or 10 years ago is out of date and their degrees are virtually worthless as they compete with kids fresh out of school each spring. so what is the rush to get that degree again? they aren’t planning on doing the farm thing any more?
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    jploch5408 said, 12 months ago

    @AshburnStadium

    From the M*A*S*H episode “Mr. & Mrs. Winchester.”
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