"Of course I love you-I'm programmed to love you. I'm a goddam lovebird."
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bird, birds, lovebird, lovebirds, couple, couples, relationships, biological imperative, biological imperatives, biological mandate, biological mandates, aves, parrot, parrots, anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic, biological programming, biologically programmed, mates for life, mating for live, true to your name, love, loving, lovers, lover, romance, romantic, romantics, unromantic, husband and wife, husbands and wives"Forty-eight years, Sarah, and I still go gaga when I look at you. I must be nuts."
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relationship, relationships, marriage, marriages, married life, couple, couples, husband, husbands, wife, wives, spouse, spouses, love, romance, romantic, unromantic, crazy, anniversary, anniversaries, crazy in love, lovesickMan and a woman sit in a living room; a sign on the wall behind them reads "100% Recycled Conversation".
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relationship, relationships, relationship issues, relationship problems, marriage, marriages, married life, couple, couples, husband, husbands, wife, wives, spouse, spouses, conversation, conversation, boring, dull, unexciting, stale, stagnant, stable, stability, romance, unromantic, lack of romance, lacking romance, lack of excitement, middle age, middle-age, middle aged, middle-aged, aging, ageing, growing old, growing older, getting older, getting old, growing old, stages of a relationship, recycle, recycled, recycling, talk, talks, talking, ltr, ltrs, long term relationship, long term relationships, variety"Let's do it, let's fall in love."
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language, entertainment, music, lyrics, relationships, modern love, modern times, modern life, modern living, fall in love, falls in love, falling in love, business decision, business decisions, passionless, calculated, calculated decision, calculated decisions, business culture, businessman, businessmen, careerist, careerists, proposal, proposals, unromantic, mankoff"Do you think we're a storybook romance transformed into a textbook case?"
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relationship, relationships, love, marriage, marriages, married life, couple, couples, husband, husbands, wife, wives, spouse, spouses, storybook, storybooks, storybook romance, storybook romances, textbook case, textbooks cases, boring, dull, unexciting, stale, stagnant, stable, stability, romance, unromantic, lack of romance, lacking romance, middle age, middle-age, middle aged, middle-aged, aging, ageing, growing old, growing older, getting older, getting old, growing old, stages of a relationship, transformed, changed, change, transformation, transformations, changes, psychology, failure, failures, writing, book, books, literature"Hold that thought—I've just got two chapters to go."
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bedroom scene, bedrooms scenes, couple, couples, marriages, husband and wife, husbands and wives, read, reading, book, books, book worm, book worms, unromantic, romance is dead, hooked, bad relationship, bad relationships, disinterest, disinterested, unimpressed, persuade, persuading, unsuccessful, no sex life, love"But, first, my impression of Mussolini."
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mussolini, impression, impressions, impressionist, impressionists, doing impressions, serenade, serenading, court, courting, courtship, courtships, italy, italian, italians, balcony, balcony scene, balcony scene, romance, romantic, romantics, love, benito mussolini, politician, politicians, fascist, fascists, fascism, pnf, nation fascist party, partito nazionale fascista, dictator, dictators, interrupt, interrupted, interruption, unromantic, kill the mood, killing the mood, ruin the mood, ruining the mood"Darling, let's get divorced."
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relationship, relationships, relationship issues, relationship problems, marriage, marriages, married life, couple, couples, husband, husbands, wife, wives, spouse, spouses, divorce, divorces, divorcing, splitting, separating, breakup, breakups, breaking up, break up, break ups, break-up, break-ups, timing, bad timing, no warning, out of the blue, sudden, unexpected, date night, date nights, unromantic"I can't help think of the lyrics to that old song: 'I want to sex you up.'"
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boyfriend and girlfriend, boyfriends and girlfriends, romance, romantic, romantic, unromantic, crass, song lyrics, attraction, unsubtle, picnic, picnic, romantic picnic, romantic picnics, romantic cliche, romantic cliches, forward, ear worm, ear worms, one track mind, date, dates, falling in love"Wow! From down here your nostrils look huge!"
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ruining the mood, proposal, proposals, proposing, propose, proposed, engagement, engagements, bended knee, romance, romances, romancing, romantic, romantics, nostril, nostrils, engagement ring, engagement rings, unromantic, ruining the moment, boyfriend, boyfriends, girlfriends, insult, insults, insulting, insulted, self esteem, self-esteem, self-confidence, self confidenceThe M.R.I. of Love
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magnetic resonance imaging, mri, m.r.i., mris, m.r.i.s, fairground, fairgrounds, fairground ride, fairground rides, xray, xrays, x-ray, x-rays, x ray, x rays, true love, romance, romances, romantic, romantics, date, dates, unromantic"Maybe we mate for life because we're lazy."
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lazy, laziness, swan, swans, bird, birds, romance, romances, romantic, romantics, commitment, commitments, mate, mates, mating ritual, mating rituals, lifelong, lifelong romance, ornithology, ornithologist, ornithologists, unromantic, husband, husbands, wife, wives, married life, married couple"So I leave eggs on the ground, and then you come along and drop your whatever on them? That's your idea of romance?"
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animal, animals, talking animal, talking animals, fish, eggs, egg, reproduction, fertilisation, fertilization, couple, couples, having kids, having children, science, biology, relationship, relationships, romance, romantic, unromantic, lack of romance, lacking romance, relationship issue, relationship problems, dating, date, dates, marriage, marriages, married life, females, male, males, men, man, woman, women, stereotype, stereotypes"Don't get your hopes up, honey. I call everybody 'honey.'"
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restaurant, restaurants, dining out, eating out, meal, meals, food, eating, dining, waiter, waiters, server, servers, waitress, waitresses, service, customer service, honey, nickname, nicknames, pick-up, pick-ups, pickup, pickups, pick up, pick ups, picking up, flattery, flattering, hoping, don't get your hopes up, unromantic, friendzoned, friendzone"I made a straightforward proposal, Moira, and all I ask is a linear response."
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proposal, proposals, business jargon, jargon, lingo, straightforward, linear, linear response, linear responses, business proposal, business proposals, marriage proposals, businessman, businessmen, antisocial, bottom line, to the point, unromantic, romance, romantic, personality, personalities, type a, personality type, personality types"I don't know if I want to marry, but I would like a combined household income."
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marry, marriage, marriages, engage, engagement, engaged, married, income, pay, earning, earnings, incomes, dink, dual income, dual income no kids, relationship, relationships, dinky, dual income no kids yet, combined income, tax, taxes, benefits, shared, sharing, pragmatic, practical, unromantic"Will you stand by him through humiliating revelation after humiliating revelation, and then-once you're sure it couldn't possibly get any worse-when even more humiliating revelations come to light?"
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relationship, relationships, relationship issues, relationship problems, love, marriage, marriages, married life, unhappy marriage, unhappy marriages, couple, couples, husband, husbands, wife, wives, spouse, spouses, wedding, weddings, wedding ceremony, wedding ceremonies, wedding vows, vows, saying i do, bride, brides, groom, grooms, minister, ministers, pastor, pastors, priest, priests, clergyman, clergymen, reverend, reverends, church, churches, till death do us part, humiliating, humiliation, humiliations, revelation, revelations, embarrassment, embarrassing, can't get worse, worse, couldn't get worse, come to light, politics, politician, politicians, unromantic, scandal, scandals, affair, affairs, extramarital affairs, cheating, cheater, cheaters, stand by, acceptance, accept"I though I should get real and lower my expectations, and that's when I met Evan."
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introduction, introductions, lowered expectations, lowering expectations, realistic expectation, realistic expectations, bad relationship, bad relationships, marital fight, marital fights, domestic, domestics, domestic argument, domestic arguments, spousal dispute, spousal disputes, insult, insults, couple, couples, husband and wife, husbands and wives, marriages, love story, love stories, romance, unromantic, backstory, backstories