"I'm sorry, dear. I wasn't listening. Could you repeat what you've said since we've been married?"
"Companionable! Tonto was companionable!"
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companion, companions, companionable, wife, wives, husband, husbands, married life, married couple, married couples, marital problem, marital problems, love life, boring, boredom, bore, bores, marriage problem, marriage problems, love-life, marriage therapy, marital therapy, couples counseling, couples counselling"Look, I can't promise I'll change, but I can promise I'll pretend to change."
"Hey, honey! I thought of something else you can put on your restraining order."
"Could we skip the prosecution and get on to the sentencing phase?"
"I've finally learned to live with myself - you're next."
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living with yourself, husband, husbands, wife, wives, mental state, mental states, mental health, self-knowledge, self knowledge, contentment, contented, happiness, personal happiness, personal contentment, therapy, therapist, therapists, conscience, consciences, marital problem, marital problems, accepting yourself, insight, insights, self-aware, self awareness, self-awareness, self aware"You've changed, Howie."
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skeleton, skeletons, bone, bones, husband, husbands, wife, wives, married life, married couple, married couples, marital problem, marital problems, marriage problem, marriage problems, marriage breakdown, marriage breakdowns, neglect, negligence, negligent, unhappy marriage, unhappy marriages, abandoned, forsaken, abandonment, forsake"What is it this time? My maleness? My Anglo-Saxoness? My Pincetoness? My lawyerness?"
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breakup, breakups, break-up, break-ups, breaking up, breaking-up, divorce, divorces, divorcing, marital problem, marital problems, criticism, critic, critics, criticisms, gender politics, gender issue, gender problem, domestic, domestics, argument, arguments, arguing, spat, spats, marital spat, marital spats, marriage spat, gender politics, nag, nags, white male privilege"I liked it better when we just had your people call my people."
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married life, married couple, married couples, marital problem, marital problems, marital breakdown, marital breakdowns, marriage breakdown, marriage breakdowns, communication, communications, lawyer, lawyers, attorney, attorneys, solicitor, solicitors, communicating, husband, husbands, wife, wives, complication, complications, crowded marriage, crowded marriages"The kids love it, and it's saved my marriage."
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treehouse, treehouses, tree house, tree houses, escape, escapes, escaping, married life, separate space, separate spaces, mancave, mancaves, man-cave, man-caves, retreat, retreats, argument, arguments, spat, spats, fight, fights, fighting, row, rows, rowing, marital discord, keep the peace, keeping the peace, hideaway, hideaways, hiding spot, hiding spots, secret hiding spot, secret hiding spots, secret, secrets, marital problem, marital problems, marriage problem, marriage problems"After you've finished discussions with out allies, we have to talk."
"'Cogito, ergo sum' is all very well for you, but what about me?"
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cogito ergo sum, rené descartes, rene descartes, i think therefore i am, philosopher, philosophers, philosophy, discourse on the method, historical figure, historical figures, intellectual, philosophical outlook, philosophical outlooks, husband, husbands, wife, wives, married life, marital problem, marital problems, renatus cartesius, philosophical position, philosophical positions"At least you don't have a needy husband and an angry dog."
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phone, phones, telephone, telephones, call, calls, calling, talking on the phone, talking on the telephone, conversation, conversations, relationship, relationships, relationship issues, relationship problems, love, marriage, marriages, married life, couple, couples, husband, husbands, wife, wives, spouse, spouses, animal, animals, pet, pets, pet owner, pet owners, dog, dogs, dog owner, dog owners, needy, clingy, angry, anger, marital problems"We need to talk - let's have conversation No. 52A."
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relationship problem, relationship problems, marital problem, marital problems, conversation, conversations, conversing, bureaucrat, bureaucrats, bureaucratic, bureaucracy, conversation, conversations, conversing, conversed, talk, talks, husband, husbands, wife, wives, married life, married couple"I'm using my married name right now, but I'm keeping my maiden name on ice, just in case."
Dan and Irene's 'communication problems' improve, thanks to Richard, their couples therapist.
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communication problem, communication problems, communication, communications, marital problem, marital problems, couples therapy, couples' therapy, relationship therapy, marriage therapy, shared interest, husband, husbands wife, wives, married life, incompetence, incompetent, relationship advice"Helen changed our song, and she refuses to hum even a few bars to me."
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business, businessmen, marriage, marriages, married, marry, marries, husband, husbands, wife, wives, song, our song, songs, relationship, relationships, difficult, difficulty, stereotypical, typical, song, songs, spouse, spouses, marital problem, love song, love songs, marital problems